/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Padua
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was long supposed by the Scotch to be the chief school of necromancy; hence Sir Walter Scott says of the Earl of Gowrie—
“He learned the art that none may name
In Padna, far beyond the sea.”
Lay of the Last Minstrel.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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