...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 for her ignorance, eredulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest colleetion in the country of tales and...

...owed much to an old woman who resided in the family [Betty Davidson, a relation by the mother's side,] remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition....spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitious, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the...

...resided in the family the boy learned a great deal of his fairy lore. He says in his " Confessions " : " She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning davils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spimkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights,...

...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...

...conntry of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spnnkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions,...cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trnmpery. This cnltivated the latent seeds of poetry; bnt had so strong an effect on my imagination...

...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, spnukies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantrips, giants, enchanted towers,...

...was a critic in substantives, verba, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witehes, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, deadlights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants,...

...was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In iny infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spuukies, kelpies, elf caudles, dead- lights, wxaiths, apparitions, cantrips, giants, enchanted towers,...

...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...songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witehes, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf candles, deadlights, wraiths, apparitions, cantrips, giants,...

...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 for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition, fihe had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and ,sonfs, concerning devils,...