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1088 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter P
   ) The Eleusinian mysteries belonged to Demeter and Cora in common, and to her alone were dedicated the mysteries celebrated at Athens in the month of Anthesterion. (19.60)

2. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter D
   Ovid calls them by the name of the Belides, from their grandfather, Belus; and Herodotus (ii. 171), following the titles of the Egyptians, says, that they brought the mysteries of Demeter Thesmophoros from Egypt to Peloponnesus, and that the Pelasgian women there learned the mysteries from them. (19.60)

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter E
   A great many, especially strangers, were initiated into these mysteries who did not proceed to initiation into the regular Eleusinia: the legend, too, said it was for the purpose of initiating Heracles, who was a stranger and according to the primitive regulations could not be initiated into the Eleusinia, that these Lesser Mysteries were established (Schol. on Aristoph. (19.10)

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1 from The Works of Christopher Marlowe

1. M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia, First Book (ed. Christopher Marlowe) book 1
   But Figulus more seene in heavenly mysteries,
   Whose like Aegiptian Memphis never had
   For skill in stars, and tune-full planeting,
   In this sort spake.
   (1.68)

25 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works alphabetic letter M, entry mystery
   manners, mysteries and trades, (8.17)

2. Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works alphabetic letter H, entry Herod
   Surtees Soc., to“King Herod” in The Coventry Mysteries, p. 288, ed. (5.68)

3. William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 4, scene 2, line 45
   Volum. Cats, that can iudge as fitly of his worth,
   As I can of those Mysteries which heauen
   Will not haue earth to know. (5.68)

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5 from The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra

1. Critical Commentary act 4, scene 11, commline 2
   Several ancient instances may be found in the Coventry Mysteries, printed by the Shakespeare Society and edited by Halliwell. (5.12)

2. Critical Commentary act 4, scene 14, commline 11
   It is not to be supposed that in using the word ‘Pageants’ Shakespeare had in mind the uncouth clumsy structures or the barbarous acting of the early Moralities or Mysteries. (3.21)

3. Appendices section FRENCH CRITICISM, subsection François-Victor Hugo
   Cleopatra is the fatal enchantress who initiated Rome into the startling mysteries of oriental voluptuousness. (2.35)

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2 from The Tragedie of Coriolanus

1. William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Coriolanus: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 4, scene 2, line 45
   Volum. Cats, that can iudge as fitly of his worth,
   As I can of those Mysteries which heauen
   Will not haue earth to know. (4.86)

2. William Shakespeare, Critical Commentary: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 1, commline 210
   The boasts and brags of Coriolanus out-Herod the Herod of the Mysteries. (2.01)

114 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit page 764
   For it was not well of the fair Gowana to make mysteries of letters from old lovers, in her bedchamber on the mountain, that her husband might not see them. (8.39)

2. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter S, entry 28049
   His works include ‘A Dissertation on the Pageants, or Dramatic Mysteries, anciently performed at Coventry,’ 1825, and ‘Ancient Mysteries and Moralities,’ edited from Digby MSS., 1835. [li. (6.94)

3. Thomas Allen, The City and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and Parts Adjacent: Volume 4 chapter 1
   And the Lord God Almighty, whose ministers we are, and the stewards of his mysteries, establish your throne in righteousness, that it may stand fast for evermore, like as the sun before Him, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (6.30)

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100 from American Memory: California

1. Literary industries: a memoir. By Hubert Howe Bancroft page 118
   He it was who introduced me into the mysteries of bookselling, and other and more questionable mysteries, when first I went to Buffalo. (9.47)

2. In the footprints of the padres. By Charles Warren Stoddard page 22
   Gigantic blossoms that might shame a rainbow started the green spaces of the wood; but of all we had seen or heard or felt or dreamed of, none has left an impression so vivid, so inspiring, so instinct with the beauty and the poetry and the music of the tropics, as those twilight mysteries that smiled upon us for a moment and vanished, even as the great fire-flies that paled like golden rockets in the dark. (7.37)

3. Happy days in southern California, by Frederick Hastings Rindge page 72
   Or, if you choose the sound of waters, let us invade the mysteries of the great can˜on and get near that mighty red sandstone cliff, which we call Crag Noble. (5.68)

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113 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Reminiscences, memoirs, and lectures of Monsignor A. Ravoux, V. G page 107
   Nay, our mysteries are proof in favor of Christianity; for, who, having the intention to invent a new religion, would dare propose such mysteries, for the belief of his fellow creatures? (9.98)

2. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Volume 10, Part 2 page 759
   where the keys
   Of the old death-bolted mysteries? (6.81)

3. The bark covered house, or Back in the woods again; being a graphic and thrilling description of real pioneer life in the wilderness of Michigan ... By Willian Nowlin, esq page 89
   Then the dark mysteries of the past which have been locked up for centuries will be revealed. (5.68)

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52 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Rees Lloyd, The Richmond alarm; a plain and familiar discourse in the form of a dialogue between a father and his son; in three parts, page 25
   S. Great deception, devilish mysteries! (7.37)

2. George Johnston, The Poets & poetry of Cecil county, Maryland. Collected and ed. By George Johnston page 187
   to tell the story
   That stained the wreath of many a hero's glory;
   But Nature's mysteries must ever rest
   Within the gloomy confines of thy breast,
   Where wealth, uncounted, hapless lies concealed,
   Locked in thine inmost temple unrevealed. (6.14)

3. Stephen Collins, The autobiography of Stephen Collins, M.D page 30
   How can my heart be so cold while I receive these manifestations of divine love-mysteries into which angels desire to look? (5.26)

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1 from Boyle Work Diaries

1. Robert Boyle (1627-91), Work-diary XXVIII ('Physiologicall Memorandums') entry 924
   Rr in the same Ess. to censure those Philosophers, that not only dare not endevour to penetrate into the mysteries of nature, but dare not so much as hope th not to say desire to do it, not to say add, nor desire it, but would condemn the Indu wit & Industry of mankind, to be as barren as their Hypothesis. (1.51)