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" Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimaeras dire — stories of Celaeno and the Harpies — may reproduce themselves in the brain of superstition ; but they were there before. They are transcripts, types, — the archetypes are in us, and eternal. "
Essays of Elia - Page 74
by Charles Lamb - 1835 - 412 pages
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Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

Thomas Crofton Croker - Banshees - 1834 - 364 pages
...the Pouhe, nor other evil spright, Ne let mischievous witches with their charms, Ne let hobgoblins, names whose sense we see not, Fray us with things that be not." SPENSER LEGENDS OF THE PHOOKA. THE SPIRIT HORSE. XIV. THE history of Morty Sullivan ought to be a warning...
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The Republic of Letters: A Weekly Republication of Standard Literature, Volume 3

1835 - 430 pages
...murderer are tranquillity. Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chinueras — dire stostories of Cclaeno and tlie Harpies — may reproduce themselves in the brain...and eternal. How else should the recital of that, wliich we know in a waking sense to be false, come to affect us at all?— or " Names, whose sense...
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The Parterre, Volume 2

1835 - 428 pages
...the Ponk, nor other evil sprights ; Ne let mischievous witches, with their charms, Ne let hobgoblins, names whose sense we see not, Fray us with things that be not. Let not the skriech-owl nor the stork be heard, * Nor the night-raven, that still deadly yells, Nor...
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Epea pteroenta. Or, The diversions of Purley. To which is annexed Letter to ...

John Horne Tooke - 1840 - 806 pages
...the PONKE, nor other evill sprights, Ne let mischievous witches with theyr charmes, Ne et hobgoblins, names whose sense we see not, FRAY us with things that be not."—Spenser: Epithalamion. Todd supposes FOUKE to be the true reading, i. s e. PUCK, or Robin Goodfellow....
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Medii Ævi Kalendarium: Or, Dates, Charters, and Customs of the ..., Volume 1

Robert Thomas Hampson - Calendar - 1841 - 542 pages
...south of Scotland, where the instant Ne let mischicvus witehes with thcir charms, Ne let hob-goblins, names whose sense we see not, Fray us with things that be not." Spenser's Epithalamium. See Mr. Kcightley's remarks on Puek, Fairy Mythology, Vol II., p. 118120. Puek...
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United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 13

United States - 1843 - 708 pages
...Bishop Warfarin n Prodi frict. " Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras— dire stories of Cehrno and Ihe harpies— may reproduce themselves in the brain of...superstition— but they were there before. They are transcripta, types— the archetypes are in us und eternal." — Esyays of Elia. I CLOSED my last sheet...
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The Essays of Elia: First Series - Second Series

Charles Lamb - 1845 - 398 pages
...cell-damned murderer are tranquillity. Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimseras dire — stories of Celaeno and the Harpies — may reproduce themselves in the...waking sense to be false, come to affect us at all ? Names, whose sense we see not, Fray us with things that be not .' Is it that we naturally conceive...
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Fallacy of Ghosts, Dreams, and Omens: With Stories of Witchcraft, Life-in ...

Charles Ollier - 1848 - 290 pages
...— " Let no deluding dreams, nor dreadful sights, Make sudden, sad affrights ; Ne let hob-goblins, names whose sense we see not, Fray us with things that be not" Shakspeare and Milton are equally emphatic against superstition ; and Bacon, discoursing of prophecies...
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The Works of Charles Lamb, Volume 3

Charles Lamb - English literature - 1850 - 406 pages
...cell-damned murderer are tranquillity. Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimseras dire — stories of Celseno and the Harpies — may reproduce themselves in the...there before. They are transcripts, types — the arjhetypes are in us, and eternal. How else should the recital of that, which we know in a waking sense...
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Keeper's travels in search of his master [by E.A. Kendall]. Repr

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1850 - 132 pages
...expiring •tapers, and the shrieks of frightened females. CHAPTER XX. THE DISCOVERY. " Ne let hobgoblins, names whose sense we see not, Fray us with things that be not." SPENCER. THE party having rallied their spirits, returned to the scene of their disasters; when, a...
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