A Peep at the Pixies: Or, Legends of the West |
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Page 32
... serve your father ; since for every kick and cuff which you take patiently from your tyrant below ground , I'll pass a thread of Betsy Humming's spinning through the eye of your father's needle . And no fear of a hundred and forty cuffs ...
... serve your father ; since for every kick and cuff which you take patiently from your tyrant below ground , I'll pass a thread of Betsy Humming's spinning through the eye of your father's needle . And no fear of a hundred and forty cuffs ...
Page 36
... served you well at the hour of your need ; and do us justice as good - natured folk sometimes when we are pleased , and bestir ourselves at a pinch . " So saying , the Pixy raised his tail , Johnny seized hold of it as a ship boy would ...
... served you well at the hour of your need ; and do us justice as good - natured folk sometimes when we are pleased , and bestir ourselves at a pinch . " So saying , the Pixy raised his tail , Johnny seized hold of it as a ship boy would ...
Page 46
... served more to show the gloom and discomfort of the place than any other purpose . A little old woman , who seemingly had just quitted her seat in the chimney nook , stood ready to receive the strangers . She was very ungainly to look ...
... served more to show the gloom and discomfort of the place than any other purpose . A little old woman , who seemingly had just quitted her seat in the chimney nook , stood ready to receive the strangers . She was very ungainly to look ...
Page 50
... serving Will's father shaking and trembling in every limb , though silent with fear ; she dashed at the man the snake's tail , and told him that he was an old fool not to know a harmless snake from a viper . She next turned to Will ...
... serving Will's father shaking and trembling in every limb , though silent with fear ; she dashed at the man the snake's tail , and told him that he was an old fool not to know a harmless snake from a viper . She next turned to Will ...
Page 57
... served for many years under the late King Henry the Sixth , and ( though it was never proved against him ) was strongly suspected , on account of his hard - heartedness , of having been chosen as one of the murderers who assisted in ...
... served for many years under the late King Henry the Sixth , and ( though it was never proved against him ) was strongly suspected , on account of his hard - heartedness , of having been chosen as one of the murderers who assisted in ...
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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...