Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early English WritersKerslake, 1875 - 426 pages |
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... fire , is a hill spread over a long tract by extended shores , whence they rather go to see wide plains than to ... fires shine by night , and camps , as it were , are seen widely spread ; cym- bals and tympans sound , and sounding pipes ...
... fire , is a hill spread over a long tract by extended shores , whence they rather go to see wide plains than to ... fires shine by night , and camps , as it were , are seen widely spread ; cym- bals and tympans sound , and sounding pipes ...
Page 17
... fire his hairy strength ; And crop - full out of dores he flings , Ere the first cock his matin rings , " 792 is a matter of some difficulty . Perhaps the giant - son of the witch that had the devil's mark about her ( of whom " there is ...
... fire his hairy strength ; And crop - full out of dores he flings , Ere the first cock his matin rings , " 792 is a matter of some difficulty . Perhaps the giant - son of the witch that had the devil's mark about her ( of whom " there is ...
Page 18
... fire like a great rough hurgin bear . " 1 2 In another chapter Gervase says : " As among men Nature produces certain wonderful things , so spirits in airy bodies , who assume , by divine permission , the mocks they make . For , behold ...
... fire like a great rough hurgin bear . " 1 2 In another chapter Gervase says : " As among men Nature produces certain wonderful things , so spirits in airy bodies , who assume , by divine permission , the mocks they make . For , behold ...
Page 19
... fire in that city or town . When , therefore , in the following day or night , the danger is urgent , in the streets , running to and fro , it provokes the dogs to bark , and while it pretends flight , invites them , following , to ...
... fire in that city or town . When , therefore , in the following day or night , the danger is urgent , in the streets , running to and fro , it provokes the dogs to bark , and while it pretends flight , invites them , following , to ...
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... fires thou find'st unraked , and hearths unswept , There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry Our radiant queen hates sluts , and sluttery . " Milton likewise gives her the same name- " With stories told of many a feat , HOW FAERY MAB ...
... fires thou find'st unraked , and hearths unswept , There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry Our radiant queen hates sluts , and sluttery . " Milton likewise gives her the same name- " With stories told of many a feat , HOW FAERY MAB ...
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