The history of sir Thomas Thumb. By the author of 'The heir of Redcliffe'. |
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... elves , the females fairies or elf - women , and they were thought so beautiful that we find many of the old Saxons named after them , -- Alfred , Elfrida , & c . There are many wonderful histories of them in German and Swedish popular ...
... elves , the females fairies or elf - women , and they were thought so beautiful that we find many of the old Saxons named after them , -- Alfred , Elfrida , & c . There are many wonderful histories of them in German and Swedish popular ...
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... elves and fairies . However , he intended only kindness to the good farmer . Owen and his housewife , and yet full oft it may be that what is eagerly wished , and compassed by doubtful means , may bring less joy than pain . CHAPTER II ...
... elves and fairies . However , he intended only kindness to the good farmer . Owen and his housewife , and yet full oft it may be that what is eagerly wished , and compassed by doubtful means , may bring less joy than pain . CHAPTER II ...
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... , " said Mab , " a rough rude garment , where my poor little elves lose their way , and are stifled to very sneezing . Ungainly monsters are you mortals at the best ! " " So , please your elfin grace , " quoth 14 THE HISTORY OF.
... , " said Mab , " a rough rude garment , where my poor little elves lose their way , and are stifled to very sneezing . Ungainly monsters are you mortals at the best ! " " So , please your elfin grace , " quoth 14 THE HISTORY OF.
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... elves . " Merlin thereupon related the story of Owen and his wife , and their desire to have a child were he no bigger than a thumb . 11 Mab was a merry Queen , and her sports on earth were generally kindly . To be sure , she did ...
... elves . " Merlin thereupon related the story of Owen and his wife , and their desire to have a child were he no bigger than a thumb . 11 Mab was a merry Queen , and her sports on earth were generally kindly . To be sure , she did ...
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... elves of Mab's following , who always found the hearth well swept , and the polished oak - table so smooth , that ... elf and every fay bore good - will to the honest farmer and his wife , and would fain see their wishes granted ...
... elves of Mab's following , who always found the hearth well swept , and the polished oak - table so smooth , that ... elf and every fay bore good - will to the honest farmer and his wife , and would fain see their wishes granted ...
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adventure armour arms aunt bade ballad began beheld beneath black shield Britain Caerleon called Castle changeling Cote-Mal-Taille cried dame damsel dance death dragon elfin elves elvish enchanted Excalibar eyes fair fairies Fairy-land father fear fell forest Geoffrey of Monmouth giant gnat green hand hast head heard honour horse Janet King Arthur King Arthur's court King's Lady lake lance Lancelot du Lac laughing legends light little knight loathly lady Merddyn Merlin Midsummer Night's Dream mortal Morte d'Arthur mother never NOTE Oberon Owen pinch Pixie poor Puck Queen Guenever Queen Mab quoth ride ring River Camel Robin Goodfellow rode romances Round Table shew Sir Bedivere Sir Gawayne Sir Kaye Sir Lancelot Sir Mordred Sir Thomas Thumb Sleekfoot sleep spider sport steed stones stood sword tale thee thou thought told Tom Thumb took tree unto Viviana weary
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Страница 99 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Страница 100 - Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice; Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Страница 130 - With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries. The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes, To have my love to bed, and to arise ; And pluck the wings from painted butterflies To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes : Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.
Страница 100 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough briar, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon's sphere ; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green.
Страница 100 - O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream; Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
Страница 97 - This is MAB, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning (As she please), without discerning. She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean their benches...
Страница 114 - This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, Still walking like a ragged colt, And oft out of a bush doth bolt, Of purpose to deceive us ; And, leading us, makes us to stray, Long winters nights out of the way, And when we stick in mire and clay, He doth with laughter leave us.
Страница 99 - The traces of the smallest spider's web, The collars of the moonshine's watery beams, Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film, Her...
Страница 111 - Pink and Pin, Tick and Quick and Jill and Jin, Tit and Nit and Wap and Win, The train that wait upon her. Upon a grasshopper they got And, what with amble and with trot, For hedge nor ditch they spared not, But after her they hie them; A cobweb over them they throw, To shield the wind if it should blow, Themselves they wisely could bestow, Lest any should espy them.
Страница 100 - Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love: On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees: O'er ladies...