Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early English WritersKerslake, 1875 - 426 pages |
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... round heads of wonderfull little quantity , allegit to be the banes of the said Pigmies , quhilk may be lykely , according to sundry historys that we reid of the Pigmies : but i leave this far of it to the ancients of Lewis . " 1 The ...
... round heads of wonderfull little quantity , allegit to be the banes of the said Pigmies , quhilk may be lykely , according to sundry historys that we reid of the Pigmies : but i leave this far of it to the ancients of Lewis . " 1 The ...
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... round the bed , whence Achelöus springs , The wat❜ry FAIRIES dance in mazy rings . ' " 1 These nymphs he supposes to frequent or reside in woods , hills , the sea , fountains , grottoes , & c . , whence they are peculiarly called ...
... round the bed , whence Achelöus springs , The wat❜ry FAIRIES dance in mazy rings . ' " 1 These nymphs he supposes to frequent or reside in woods , hills , the sea , fountains , grottoes , & c . , whence they are peculiarly called ...
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... round holes which nature alone has formed , although it seem at first sight that art has laboured after her . They say that they were formerly frequented by Fays ; that they were full of water when it rained ; and that they there ...
... round holes which nature alone has formed , although it seem at first sight that art has laboured after her . They say that they were formerly frequented by Fays ; that they were full of water when it rained ; and that they there ...
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... round little worm Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid : Her chariot is an empty hazel - nut , Made by the joiner squirrel , or old grub , Time out of mind the fairy's coachmakers . And in this state she gallops night by night ...
... round little worm Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid : Her chariot is an empty hazel - nut , Made by the joiner squirrel , or old grub , Time out of mind the fairy's coachmakers . And in this state she gallops night by night ...
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... rounds was to be seene A hillock rise , where oft the fairie queene At twy - light sate , and did command her elves , To pinch those maids that had not swept their shelves : And further , if by maiden's over - sight , Within doores ...
... rounds was to be seene A hillock rise , where oft the fairie queene At twy - light sate , and did command her elves , To pinch those maids that had not swept their shelves : And further , if by maiden's over - sight , Within doores ...
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