 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 human mind, a discourse on its acquirements and history - Page 286by Stephen Watson Fullom - 1858Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...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, witchies, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...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, witchies, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...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, remarkahle for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...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, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...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 Bongs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...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, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | Alexandre-Jacques-François Brierre de Boismont - 1859 - 476 pages
...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, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 pages
...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 ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest colleetion... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 216 pages
...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 ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection... | |
 | Alexandre-Jacques-François Brierre de Boismont - 1860 - 456 pages
...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, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,... | |
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