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Page xvi
... spirits , " says King James , “ quhilk be the gentilis was called Diana , and her wandering court , and amongst us called the Phairie . " The Fairy Queen was therefore the same as Diana , whom Ovid ( Met . iii . 173 ) styles Titania ...
... spirits , " says King James , “ quhilk be the gentilis was called Diana , and her wandering court , and amongst us called the Phairie . " The Fairy Queen was therefore the same as Diana , whom Ovid ( Met . iii . 173 ) styles Titania ...
Page xvii
... spirit is called Puk . In Devonshire , pixy is the name for a fairy , and in Worcestershire we are told that the peasants are sometimes poake ledden , that is , misled by a mischievous spirit called Poake . ' Pouk - laden ' is also ...
... spirit is called Puk . In Devonshire , pixy is the name for a fairy , and in Worcestershire we are told that the peasants are sometimes poake ledden , that is , misled by a mischievous spirit called Poake . ' Pouk - laden ' is also ...
Page xviii
... spirits , c . 21. Burton , in his Anatomy of Melancholy ( Part I. Sec . 2. Mem . 1. Subs . 2 ) discusses the nature of spirits , and among other points the important question whether they are mortal . One of his divisions is as follows ...
... spirits , c . 21. Burton , in his Anatomy of Melancholy ( Part I. Sec . 2. Mem . 1. Subs . 2 ) discusses the nature of spirits , and among other points the important question whether they are mortal . One of his divisions is as follows ...
Page xxiii
... spirits of the persons of that parish who will die that year , come and knock at the church door , in the order and succession in which they will die ( i . p . 331 ) . ' Maidens practised divination on this night to find out their ...
... spirits of the persons of that parish who will die that year , come and knock at the church door , in the order and succession in which they will die ( i . p . 331 ) . ' Maidens practised divination on this night to find out their ...
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... to a silver bow New - bent in heaven , shall behold the night Of our solemnities . The . Go , Philostrate , Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments ; ΙΟ B Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth : Turn A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S ...
... to a silver bow New - bent in heaven , shall behold the night Of our solemnities . The . Go , Philostrate , Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments ; ΙΟ B Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth : Turn A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S ...
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