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 31by Robert Burns - 1816Full view - About this book
| 1880 - 814 pages
...time 1 was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In iny infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spuukies, kelpies, elf caudles, dead- lights, wxaiths, apparitions, cantrips, giants, enchanted towers,... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...time I was ten or eleven years of age, I wasa criticin substantives, verbs, and participles. 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, enchanted towers,... | |
| Biography - 1880 - 832 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...songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witehes, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf candles, deadlights, wraiths, apparitions, cantrips, giants,... | |
| Biography - 1880 - 812 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...remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition, fihe had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and ,sonfs, concerning devils,... | |
| Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1881 - 700 pages
...was a eritie in substantives, verbs, and partieles, [n iny infant and boyish days, toe, I owed mueh to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignoranee, eredulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest eolleetion in the eountry of... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and participles. In my infant and boyish days, loo, 1 owed much to an old woman who resided in the family,...the country, of tales and songs concerning devils, "hosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths,... | |
| English periodicals - 1883 - 558 pages
...accident, which " produced that particular designation of mind which is commonly called genius." " 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, enchanted towers,... | |
| Sir William Alexander Craigie - 1896 - 244 pages
...woman, named Betty Davidson, who lived with the family, he received learning of a different stamp. "She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the...devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, enchanted towers, giants,... | |
| Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - Poets, Scottish - 1896 - 710 pages
...age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owe much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable...her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, 'l suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies,... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1896 - 462 pages
...verbs, and particles. — In my infant and boyish days too, I owed much to an old Maid of my Mother's, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity and superstition....She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the county of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies,... | |
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