 ... out of curiosity, have often looked in at the window to see how he behaved when alone ; which whenever they did, they Were sure to find him laughing, and in the utmost delight. This made them judge that he was not without company more pleasing to...  Waverley Novels: Vol. 7 - Page 454by Walter Scott - 1845 - 727 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...pleasing to him than any mortals could be ; " and what made this conjecture seem the more reason" able, was, that if he were left ever so dirty, the woman,...hair " combed with the utmost exactness and nicety." P. 128. Waldron gives another account of a poor woman, to whose oHspring, it would seem, the Fairies... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...any mortals could be ; and what made this " conjecture seem the more reasonable, was, that if he 11 were left ever so dirty, the woman, at her return,...hair combed with the " utmost exactness and nicety." — P. 128. Waldron gives another account of a poor woman, to •whose offspring, it would seem, the... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 pages
...that he was not without company, " more pleasing to him than any mortals could be ; and " what made this conjecture seem the more reasonable, " was, that..." combed with the utmost exactness and nicety."— P. 128. Waldron gives another account of a poor woman, to whose offspring, it would seem, the Fairies... | |
 | 1821 - 648 pages
...without company more pleasing to him than any mortals could be ; and what made this conjecture seem more reasonable was, that if he were left ever so...hair combed with the utmost exactness and nicety." I shall conclude with an account taken from a woman to whose offspring the fairies seemed to have taken... | |
 | 1826 - 240 pages
...could be; and what made this conjecture seem the more reasonable, was, that' if he was left ever 8O dirty, the woman, at her return, saw him with a clean...exactness and nicety. A second account of this nature I received from a creditable woman, whose offspring seems to have been devoted to the power of spirits.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...judge that he was not without company more pleasing to him than any mortals could be ; and what made this conjecture seem the more reasonable, waS, that...woman' to whose offspring the fairies seemed to have tftken a particular fancy. The fourth or fifth night after she was delivered of her first child, the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pages
...but extends to tboie of Sclavic origin. Tooke (Hittory of Rwsiu, vol. L p. F ]< be ; and what made this conjecture seem the more reasonable, was, that...hair combed with the utmost exactness and nicety."— P. 128. Waldron gives another account of a poor woman. to whose offspring, it would seem, the Fairies... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 398 pages
...was not without company, more pleasing to, VOL. II. X him than any mortals could be ; and what made this conjecture seem the more reasonable, was, that...hair combed with the utmost exactness and nicety." — P. 128. Waldron gives another account of a poor woman, to whose offspring, it would seem, the Fairies... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 396 pages
...judgethat he was not without company, more pleasing to, him than any mortals could be; and what made this conjecture seem the more reasonable, was, that...and his hair combed with the utmost exactness and nicety."—P. 128. Waldron gives another account of a poor woman, to whose offspring, it would seem,... | |
 | Sketches, Richard A. Davenport - 1837 - 396 pages
...more pleasing to him than any mortal ; and what made this seem more reasonable was, that if he was left ever so dirty, the woman, at her return, saw him with a clean face, and hair combed with the utmost exactness." Instances have been often recorded of extraordinary sleepers,... | |
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