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Page xv
... Robin Goodfellow . " It is true that Shakespeare has presented these purely English fairies in combination with ' the heroes and heroines of the mythic age of Greece , ' but indeed Theseus is Greek in name only . He is an English ...
... Robin Goodfellow . " It is true that Shakespeare has presented these purely English fairies in combination with ' the heroes and heroines of the mythic age of Greece , ' but indeed Theseus is Greek in name only . He is an English ...
Page xvi
... Robin Goodfellow is the mischief - loving sprite who in one fairy genealogy is said to be the son of Oberon . His former title is an appellative and not strictly a proper name , and we find him speaking of himself , ' As I am an honest ...
... Robin Goodfellow is the mischief - loving sprite who in one fairy genealogy is said to be the son of Oberon . His former title is an appellative and not strictly a proper name , and we find him speaking of himself , ' As I am an honest ...
Page xvii
... Robin Goodfellow , but it is evident that in popular belief the same mischief - loving qualities which belong to Puck were attributed to Robin Goodfellow long before the time of Shakespeare . Tyndale , in his Obedience of a Christian ...
... Robin Goodfellow , but it is evident that in popular belief the same mischief - loving qualities which belong to Puck were attributed to Robin Goodfellow long before the time of Shakespeare . Tyndale , in his Obedience of a Christian ...
Page xviii
... Robin good - fellowe , the spoorne , the mare , the man in the oke , the hell waine , the fierdrake , the puckle , Tom thombe , hob gobblin , Tom tumbler , boneles , and such other bugs , that we are afraid of our owne shadowes : in so ...
... Robin good - fellowe , the spoorne , the mare , the man in the oke , the hell waine , the fierdrake , the puckle , Tom thombe , hob gobblin , Tom tumbler , boneles , and such other bugs , that we are afraid of our owne shadowes : in so ...
Page xix
... Robin Goodfellows , that would , in those superstitious times , grind corn for a mess of milk , cut wood , or do any manner of drudgery work And so likewise those which Mizaldus calls Ambulones , that walk about midnight on great heaths ...
... Robin Goodfellows , that would , in those superstitious times , grind corn for a mess of milk , cut wood , or do any manner of drudgery work And so likewise those which Mizaldus calls Ambulones , that walk about midnight on great heaths ...
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