A Peep at the Pixies: Or, Legends of the West |
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... woman herself , Pixy - led , has nothing more to do than to turn jacket , petticoat , pocket or apron inside out , and a Pixy , who hates the sight of any impropriety in dress , can- not stand this , and off the imp goes , as if ...
... woman herself , Pixy - led , has nothing more to do than to turn jacket , petticoat , pocket or apron inside out , and a Pixy , who hates the sight of any impropriety in dress , can- not stand this , and off the imp goes , as if ...
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... woman in the county ; and may be in all England . " " Ah ! poor old soul , " said Betsy Humming , " I've spun the woollen for her shroud for her long ago , and that by her own desire to oblige her ; tho ' I'm not to be paid for it till ...
... woman in the county ; and may be in all England . " " Ah ! poor old soul , " said Betsy Humming , " I've spun the woollen for her shroud for her long ago , and that by her own desire to oblige her ; tho ' I'm not to be paid for it till ...
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... woman as herself , he did not check her . So she persuaded the friends of the dead to drop prosecution for witchcraft and murder solely on the accused subscribing to the follow- ing conditions of ordeal : namely , that Betsy Humming ...
... woman as herself , he did not check her . So she persuaded the friends of the dead to drop prosecution for witchcraft and murder solely on the accused subscribing to the follow- ing conditions of ordeal : namely , that Betsy Humming ...
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... woman , who seemingly had just quitted her seat in the chimney nook , stood ready to receive the strangers . She was very ungainly to look upon . Her dress was of the coarsest brown serge , and patched with rags of many colours . Her ...
... woman , who seemingly had just quitted her seat in the chimney nook , stood ready to receive the strangers . She was very ungainly to look upon . Her dress was of the coarsest brown serge , and patched with rags of many colours . Her ...
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... woman or man . " The bargain was thus sealed ; and no sooner was it done , than such a strange combination of noises filled the little room as never the like was heard before . The owls hooted ; the cat set up a caterwauling , the mice ...
... woman or man . " The bargain was thus sealed ; and no sooner was it done , than such a strange combination of noises filled the little room as never the like was heard before . The owls hooted ; the cat set up a caterwauling , the mice ...
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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...