The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish and mischievous elves. He was meagre, shaggy, and wild in his appearance. Thus Cleland, in his satire against the Highlanders, compares them to " Faunes, or Brownies,... Folk-lore and Legends, Scotland - Página 1261889 - 192 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Tobias Smollett - 1803 - 624 páginas
...whom the reader will find a long dissertation^ Vol. II. p. 174. The brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...Cleland, in his satire against the Highlanders, compares thorn to " Fauncs, or brownies, if ye will, Or satyres come from Atlas hill." ' In the day time, he... | |
| William Collins - 1804 - 166 páginas
...: Ne'er was thy form beheld among their mountains more*. * ' The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...Thus, Cleland, in his satire against the Highlanders, compaieg tkem to .' Fauues, or braania, if ye will, 105 " Then wake (for well thou can'st) that wondrous... | |
| William Collins - 1804 - 168 páginas
...: Ne'er was thy form beheld among their mountains more*. * ' The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...his appearance. Thus, Cleland, in his satire against tbe Highlanders, compares tkem to ' Faunes, or brownies, if ye will, Or salyres come from Atlas hill.'... | |
| Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 páginas
...whom the reader will find a long dissertation, in Volume Second. The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...ye will, Or satyres come from Atlas hill." In the day time, he lurked in remote recesses of the old houses which he delighted to haunt ; and, in the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 páginas
...was thy fonn beheld among thy mountain* more.* • - ' • ' The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...meagre, shaggy, and wild in his appearance. Thus, Clealand, hi his satire against, the Highlanders, compares them to ' Fduaes, at.traaaia, if ye wiU,... | |
| William Collins - 1811 - 162 páginas
...: Ne'er was thy form beheld among their mountains more *. * ' The Broumie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...brownies, if ye will, Or satyres come from Atlas hill.' " Then wake (for well thou can'st) that wondrous lay, How, while around the thoughtless matrons sleep,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 464 páginas
...Ne'er was thy form beheld among their mountains more.* * • The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...or brownies, if ye will, Or satyres come from Atlas hill.1 • In the day time, he lurked in remote recesses of the old houses which he delighted to haunt... | |
| Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 páginas
...whom the reader will find a long dissertation in Volume Second. The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...ye will, Or Satyres come from Atlas Hill." In the day time, he lurked in remote recesses of the old houses which he delighted to haunt; and, in the night,... | |
| Scottish border - 1821 - 718 páginas
...whom the reader will find a long dissertation in Volume Second. The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...ye will, Or Satyres come from Atlas Hill." In the day time, he lurked in remote recesses of the old houses which he delighted to haunt ; and, in the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 páginas
...whom the reader will find a long dissertation in Volume Second. The Brownie formed a class of beings, distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish...appearance. Thus Cleland, in his satire against the Highlander compares them to " Faunes, or Brownies, if ye will, Or Satyres cpme from Atlas Hill." In... | |
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