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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 Human Mind: a Discourse on Its Acquirements and History - Page 274
by Stephen Watson Fullom - 1858
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The Centennial Birth-day of Robert Burns: As Celebrated by the ... Burns ...

Burns Club of the City of New York - 1860 - 164 pages
...Lang Syne." We trace our hero to the early intellectual guidance of an old woman, of whom he says, " 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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The Genius and Character of Robert Burns: An Essay and Criticism on His Life ...

John Wilson - 1861 - 236 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, kelpirs, elf-candles,...
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The Poetical Works, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 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...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With a Sketch of the Author's Life, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant arid 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...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With a Sketch of the Author's Life, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 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...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns. [With] (Memoir of Burns, by sir H. Nicolas).

Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 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...
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First Loves: With Sketches of the Poets ...

Samuel M. Kennedy - 1867 - 530 pages
...first should be my Anna." In his letter to Moore, Burns says, " In my infant, and boyish days too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family. She had the largest collection in the country of tales and songs. These cultivated the latent seeds of poetry."...
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Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert Burns, Edited ...

Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 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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Home Pictures of English Poets, for Fireside and Schoolroom

Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pages
...superstitious old woman, who lived in their family, furnished him another school of poetry. He says : " 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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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 pages
...years of ago, 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...
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