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" I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks,... "
The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on ... - Page 31
by Robert Burns - 1816
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...time I was ten or eleven " years of age, I 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 igno" ranee, credulity, and superstition. She had, " I suppose, the largest collection in the country...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...the time I was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf" candles, .— ». * Idiot for idiotic. candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions,...
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Letters to John Aikin, M. D.: On His Volume of Vocal Poetry: and on His ...

James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...an account of his life, there is a very curious passage to this e Sect : " In my infant and lioj ish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers,...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...child. Though it cost the school master some thrashings, 1 made an excellent English Scholar. In my boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided hi the family, remarkabte for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest...
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The prose works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...time 1 M 2 was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic iu substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days too, I owed much to an old...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, inchantcd towers,...
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The British Prose Writers...

British prose literature - 1819 - 364 pages
...of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, 1 owed much to an old woman who resided in the family,...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elfcandles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraps, giants, enchanted towers,...
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Letters, Volumes 1-2

Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, 1 owed much to an old woman who resided in the family,...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elfcandles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraps, giants, enchanted towers,...
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The Biographical Magazine: Containing Portraits of Eminent and ..., Volume 1

Biography - 1819 - 196 pages
...he shewed any attachment to poetry, notwithstanding his acquaintance with an antient beldam, who had the largest collection in the country of tales and songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, witches, &c. In his seventeenth year, he went to a country dancing-school, though much in opposition...
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The Biographical Magazine, Volume 1

Biography - 1819 - 404 pages
...he shewed any attachment to poetry, notwithstanding his acquaintance with an anticnt heldam, who had the largest collection in the country of tales and songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, witches, Au-. In his seventeenth year, he went to a country dancing-school, though much in opposition...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 5

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 848 pages
...the time I was I o or 13 years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days too, I owed much to an old...concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlecks, spunkies, kelpies, elfcandles, dead-light«, wraitbs, apparitions, cantraipe, giants, enchanted...
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