Thus were abolished the old formulae of suffrages and a new one inserted.

His uncle's attitude of calm omniscience, merely because he knew more psychological formulae, made him slightly defiant.

Accordingly he proceeds to pass the end of a twisted handkerchief seven times over the child's body, murmuring at the same time certain mystic formulae which he, as it were, blows over the child from head to foot.

Chippewayan medicine men make use of music-boards adorned with drawings which recall special magic formulae to their minds.

There was a splendid opportunity for systematically testing various rival formulae in the Trentino, but it was allowed to slip.

Only the most patient investigations can give us the answer, and it will be very long before we can write out the formulae of these patterns with mathematical precision, as I believe we shall be able to do in a more advanced stage of our science.