A Peep at the Pixies: Or, Legends of the West |
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... pretty , too , here to see the water - wagtail , a nice little bird with white and grey feathers , skimming over the rocks , shaking his tail up and down , dipping his wings into the stream and off again in a moment . On Dartmoor , too ...
... pretty , too , here to see the water - wagtail , a nice little bird with white and grey feathers , skimming over the rocks , shaking his tail up and down , dipping his wings into the stream and off again in a moment . On Dartmoor , too ...
Page 5
... pretty bird the familiar friend of children in our neighbourhood , that the boys will pelt any one of their companions who may steal but an egg from poor robin's nest . But though there are so many pleasant sights , yet the moor has its ...
... pretty bird the familiar friend of children in our neighbourhood , that the boys will pelt any one of their companions who may steal but an egg from poor robin's nest . But though there are so many pleasant sights , yet the moor has its ...
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... pretty stream lies sparkling in the moonbeam , for no hour is so dear to Pixy revels as that in which man sleeps , and the queen of night , who loves not his mortal gaze , becomes a watcher . It is under the cold light of her beams , or ...
... pretty stream lies sparkling in the moonbeam , for no hour is so dear to Pixy revels as that in which man sleeps , and the queen of night , who loves not his mortal gaze , becomes a watcher . It is under the cold light of her beams , or ...
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... pretty page ; and the golden bottle became a sign in Watling Street , London ; where multitudes of people , and even King James himself went to satisfy their curiosity by seeing one hundred and forty threads within the eye of the ...
... pretty page ; and the golden bottle became a sign in Watling Street , London ; where multitudes of people , and even King James himself went to satisfy their curiosity by seeing one hundred and forty threads within the eye of the ...
Page 39
... pretty scene ; but in former days it was much finer , when the castle stood in a perfect state , with all its lofty towers and walls . Then men clad in armour kept watch and ward upon the battlements , to see that no enemy , either by ...
... pretty scene ; but in former days it was much finer , when the castle stood in a perfect state , with all its lofty towers and walls . Then men clad in armour kept watch and ward upon the battlements , to see that no enemy , either by ...
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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...