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... hundred yards , was the very spot he had first quitted to ascend the moun- tain , and in front arose one of those grand and lofty tors which render the moor so striking ; it was dark and frown- ing , its topmost ridges embosomed in ...
... hundred yards , was the very spot he had first quitted to ascend the moun- tain , and in front arose one of those grand and lofty tors which render the moor so striking ; it was dark and frown- ing , its topmost ridges embosomed in ...
Page 9
... hundred convicts as a punishment for their having broken the laws of the land in many ways . These wicked men are not allowed to live in idleness ; but are sent out to work upon the moor , under the care of a warden , armed with a ...
... hundred convicts as a punishment for their having broken the laws of the land in many ways . These wicked men are not allowed to live in idleness ; but are sent out to work upon the moor , under the care of a warden , armed with a ...
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... hundred and forty years old complete ? And don't folks come far and near to see her as a cuerossity ? " said the tailor . " And doesn't she fail faster and faster every day ? She can't live for ever like the wandering Jew . " " But she ...
... hundred and forty years old complete ? And don't folks come far and near to see her as a cuerossity ? " said the tailor . " And doesn't she fail faster and faster every day ? She can't live for ever like the wandering Jew . " " But she ...
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... hundred and forty years complete , bed - ridden , blind , deaf , and helpless , may be supposed able to die soon , without anything going contrary to the rules of Natur , and without any ill - wishing from me and my neighbour , Betsy ...
... hundred and forty years complete , bed - ridden , blind , deaf , and helpless , may be supposed able to die soon , without anything going contrary to the rules of Natur , and without any ill - wishing from me and my neighbour , Betsy ...
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... hundred and fortieth year of her age , managing to die a natural death , without the assistance either of witches or wizards , or witchcraft of any kind . Now the relatives of the deceased were far more disposed 24 A PEEP AT THE PIXIES .
... hundred and fortieth year of her age , managing to die a natural death , without the assistance either of witches or wizards , or witchcraft of any kind . Now the relatives of the deceased were far more disposed 24 A PEEP AT THE PIXIES .
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A Peep at the Pixies: Or, Legends of the West Anna Eliza (Kempe) Stothard Bray,Hablot Knight Browne No preview available - 2016 |
A Peep at the Pixies; Or, Legends of the West Anna Eliza Bray,Hablot K. Browne No preview available - 2008 |
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Anastatia Steer bade Baron La Zouch beautiful Betsy Humming bird brave Bridget broken lance called castle chough cloak cloth coloured Cornwall Countess of Devon Crabby Cross Crediton dark Dartmoor death Devonshire Dinant door dressed ears Edition Engravings exclaimed eyes Father Hilary Fcap fear follow Fontina Gammer Guy gave give hall hand head hear heard Henry de Bath hundred and forty JOHN GILBERT Johnny king live looked Mabel master Master Constable metheglin moon moor morning Nathan's Kieve natural arch needle never night North Tawton nurse old Anastatia old Joan old Swillpot once Penruffin pool poor pretty Randolph Rowle rocks Roger de Stevenson round seemed seen Serena SILVER BELL Sir Henry Sir Roger soon spot stones stood Stories strange stream tail Tavistock thing Tintagel Tiverton took Tregarrens Tregony Trevenna waterfall whilst wicked Will's William Courtenay woman wood word young friends
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Page 15 - And somewhat southward toward the noon, Whence lies a way up to the moon. And thence the Fairy can as soon Pass to the earth below it. The walls of spiders...