In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country, of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts,... On Hallucinations: A History and Explanation of Apparitions, Visions, Dreams ... - עמוד 275מאת Alexandre-Jacques-François Brierre de Boismont - 1859 - 455 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| 1819 - 404 דפים
...he shewed any attachment to poetry, notwithstanding his acquaintance with an anticnt heldam, who had the largest collection in the country of tales and songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, witches, Au-. In his seventeenth year, he went to a country dancing-school, though much in opposition... | |
| 1819 - 196 דפים
...he shewed any attachment to poetry, notwithstanding his acquaintance with an antient beldam, who had the largest collection in the country of tales and songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, witches, &c. In his seventeenth year, he went to a country dancing-school, though much in opposition... | |
| 1823 - 848 דפים
...I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlecks, spunkies, kelpies, elfcandles, dead-light«, wraitbs, apparitions, cantraipe, giants, enchanted... | |
| 1824 - 312 דפים
...age, 1 was a critic n substantives, verbs, and partiles. In my infant and boyish lays too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, redulity, and superstition. She iad, I suppose, the largest collecion in the country of tales and ,ongs... | |
| Robert Burns - 1826 - 272 דפים
...was u critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, faines, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions,... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 דפים
...was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, 1 suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 דפים
...was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkics, kelpies, elf-candles, deadlights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers,... | |
| 1832 - 670 דפים
...sense, it is equally applicable to my present purpose. " In my infant and boyish days too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted bowers, dragons,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 דפים
...was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantrips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of... | |
| 1834 - 766 דפים
...collection of "tales and sonlrs," as he observes himself to Dr. Moore, " concerning devils, ahosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies,...giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery." Such a line of instruction may have served to draw his imagination from more serious pursuits, but... | |
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