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... fairies and their tendency to carry off children to their mysterious country ; and they believed in ghosts , the spirits of the dead ; and that these haunt those who have loved or those who have wronged them in life . Of the fairy ...
... fairies and their tendency to carry off children to their mysterious country ; and they believed in ghosts , the spirits of the dead ; and that these haunt those who have loved or those who have wronged them in life . Of the fairy ...
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... fairies . of the fairies . In Fairyland he is quite happy but for fear of what may happen to him : - " Then would I never tire , Janet , In Elfish land to dwell ; But aye , at every seven years , They pay the teind1 to Hell . ' ” and he ...
... fairies . of the fairies . In Fairyland he is quite happy but for fear of what may happen to him : - " Then would I never tire , Janet , In Elfish land to dwell ; But aye , at every seven years , They pay the teind1 to Hell . ' ” and he ...
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... Fairies and lived in Fairyland for many years ; Glenfinlas , a Highland story of wicked spirits who appeared to some hunters as beautiful women , and about that second - sight which some Highlanders claim to have , the power of seeing ...
... Fairies and lived in Fairyland for many years ; Glenfinlas , a Highland story of wicked spirits who appeared to some hunters as beautiful women , and about that second - sight which some Highlanders claim to have , the power of seeing ...
Contents
Stories of Scotts Boyhood page II | 11 |
How the Ballads led to the Poems | 41 |
How the Poems led to the Novels | 55 |
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