Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early English WritersKerslake, 1875 - 426 pages |
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Page 19
... eyes . This kind of demons very often appears in the streets , in the very heat of the day , or about sunset , and as often as it makes its appearance , portends that there is about to be a fire in that city or town . When , therefore ...
... eyes . This kind of demons very often appears in the streets , in the very heat of the day , or about sunset , and as often as it makes its appearance , portends that there is about to be a fire in that city or town . When , therefore ...
Page 30
... eye " - " Fairy elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side 1 Thus , also , in The Merry Wives of Windsor- " You moonshine revellers , and shades of night . " 2 Sports . Or fountain , some belated peasant sees , Or dreams 30 FAIRY ...
... eye " - " Fairy elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side 1 Thus , also , in The Merry Wives of Windsor- " You moonshine revellers , and shades of night . " 2 Sports . Or fountain , some belated peasant sees , Or dreams 30 FAIRY ...
Page 42
... eye she first saw him with . Mr Brand mentions his having met with a man who said he had seen one that had seen fairies . Truth , he adds , is to come at in most cases ; none ever came nearer to it , in this , than he has done . However ...
... eye she first saw him with . Mr Brand mentions his having met with a man who said he had seen one that had seen fairies . Truth , he adds , is to come at in most cases ; none ever came nearer to it , in this , than he has done . However ...
Page 73
... barouns alle To yeve jugement on Launfal , 1 Grey eyes were formerly considered a great mark of beauty . Numerous instances might be quoted from the old romances . And dampny hym to sclo . Then sayde the erl ROMANCE OF LAUNFAL . 73.
... barouns alle To yeve jugement on Launfal , 1 Grey eyes were formerly considered a great mark of beauty . Numerous instances might be quoted from the old romances . And dampny hym to sclo . Then sayde the erl ROMANCE OF LAUNFAL . 73.
Page 124
... eyes were red , piercing and distorted , and , rolling horribly , glancing upon every object but the person by whom she was addressed , and , at intervals , they emitted a fiery dis- agreeable light ; her hair , of a dirty grey , hung ...
... eyes were red , piercing and distorted , and , rolling horribly , glancing upon every object but the person by whom she was addressed , and , at intervals , they emitted a fiery dis- agreeable light ; her hair , of a dirty grey , hung ...
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Artour blode child Claia commaund dæmon dance dayes doth Dream drinke elves eyes fair fairies fayre fayries feare feyre forto Gerames Gervase of Tilbury give gode gold grace grete hath heard horne horse Jocastus king Arthur king Oberon knyzt kyng lady laughing lond lord maid marvaile mayde merry Midsummer Night's Dream Mopsus mortal mother never night noble nymphs o'er pinch pray Puck Queen Mab quene quoth Huon quoth Oberon Reginald Scot Robin Good-fellow round ryche ryde sayd schall sche seyde shal shalbe shalt shee shew sing Sir Gawen song speake spirits stede sweet syr Launfal TALE thee ther things Thomas told Tom Thumb unther unto wende whan whyt wold woman wood word wyll wyth