Fairy Tales, Now First Collected: To which are Prefixed Two Dissertations 1. on Pygmies 2. on FairiesPayne and Foss, 1831 - 207 páginas |
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... leave and hes found in it , deepe under the erthe , certain banes and 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 ...
... leave and hes found in it , deepe under the erthe , certain banes and 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 ...
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... leave a ring . " The same poet , in his " Shepheards pipe , " having inserted Hoccleves tale of Jonathas , and conceiving a strange unnatural affection for that stupid fellow , describes him as a great favourite of the fairies ...
... leave a ring . " The same poet , in his " Shepheards pipe , " having inserted Hoccleves tale of Jonathas , and conceiving a strange unnatural affection for that stupid fellow , describes him as a great favourite of the fairies ...
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... leaves , certain others being added , they report him , in a short time , to have rendered the most learned . At length , by the aforesaid bishop Bernard being turned out of doors by ecclesiastical censures , he was compelled to depart ...
... leaves , certain others being added , they report him , in a short time , to have rendered the most learned . At length , by the aforesaid bishop Bernard being turned out of doors by ecclesiastical censures , he was compelled to depart ...
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... leave queen Mab a while , Through many a gate , o'er many a stile , That now had gotten by this wile , Her dear Pigwiggen kissing ; And tell how Oberon doth fare Who grew as mad as any hare , When he had sought each place with care ...
... leave queen Mab a while , Through many a gate , o'er many a stile , That now had gotten by this wile , Her dear Pigwiggen kissing ; And tell how Oberon doth fare Who grew as mad as any hare , When he had sought each place with care ...
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... leave us . Dear Puck , quoth he , my wife is gone , As ' e'er ' thou lov'st king Oberon , Let every thing but this alone , her : With vengeance and pursue Bring her to me , alive or dead ; Or that vile thief Pigwiggens head ; That ...
... leave us . Dear Puck , quoth he , my wife is gone , As ' e'er ' thou lov'st king Oberon , Let every thing but this alone , her : With vengeance and pursue Bring her to me , alive or dead ; Or that vile thief Pigwiggens head ; That ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Albion ancient appeared arms barguest called fairies changeling charm child dæmons dance devil Discoverie of witchcraft doth dream earth elves English eyes faërie fair fairy king fays fear fée fire forest frequently Frier Rush garden Gervase of Tilbury goblin green hair hath haunted heard hill Hob-goblin horse hurt Hutgin Incubus Kenna king Oberon lady Larvæ laughing length likewise lived lord lovers maids Mauthe Doog merry Midsummer nights dream Milton moon mortal mother mountain never night nurse Nymphidia nymphs o'er Oberon Olaus Magnus Otia imperialia Ovid Pigwiggen pinch Pomponius Mela poor Proserpina Puck Pygmies queen Mab quoth Reginald Scot Robin Good-fellow round Santa Ninfa says seemed seen sent shade Shakspeare sleep sometimes spide stature tale tell thee thing thou Titania told Tomalin unto Waldron whence witches woman
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Página 14 - in one night, ere glimps of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down, the lubbar fend; And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of dores he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings*,
Página 22 - midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart mens noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of the smallest
Página 1 - Fairy Elves Whose midnight revel, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees; while over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear: At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. MILTON.
Página 30 - love have oft made sport; And, like a forester, the groves may tread. Even till the eastern gate, all fiery-red, Opening on Neptune with fair blessed beams, Turns into yellow gold his salt-green streams." Compare, likewise, what Robin himself says on this subject in the old song of his exploits.
Página 22 - noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of the smallest spiders web ; The collars, of the moonshines wat'ry beams: Her whip, of crickets bone; the lash, of
Página 23 - That plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes *." Ben Jonson, in his " Entertainment of the queen and prince at Althrope," in 1603, describes to come
Página 186 - By the triple Hecates team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream, Now are frolick ; not a mouse Shall disturb this hallow'd house : I am sent, with broom, before, To sweep the dust behind the door*.
Página 197 - At morning and at evening both You merry were and glad, So little care of sleep and sloth, These pretty ladies had. When Tom came home from labour, Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their labour, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain ; Were footed in queen
Página 31 - This amiable quality is, likewise, thus beautifully alluded to by the same poet: " By FAIRY HANDS their knell is rung, By FORMS UNSEEN their dirge is sung.
Página 39 - bowl, In very likeness of a roasted crab; And, when she drinks, against her lips I bob, And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale. The wisest aunt, telling the saddest tale, Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me, Then slip I from her bum, down topples she, And ' rails or' cries *, and falls into a cough, And then the whole quire hold their hips and