sur le coup, on the spot

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2. les secrets du grand Albert, l'Etteila, ou la Clef des songes. Three books treating of popular superstitions. The first, especially highly esteemed by ignorant classes, is a work falsely attributed to Albertus Magnus^ to endow it with the prestige of the great scholar's name. There one tînds ail the secrets of the charlatans, the latent powers of the varions herbs and stones, the spécial properties of animais, e,g. the hare*s foot, the camel's blood, the seal's tongue, the lion's skin, etc.