Popular Romances of the West of England, Or, The Drolls, Traditions and Superstitions of Old Cornwall, المجلد 1John Camden Hotten, 1865 - 319 من الصفحات |
من داخل الكتاب
النتائج 1-5 من 49
الصفحة i
... head of such a Giant , the spectator must be distant a mile or two from the figure . This would , by adding half the " stride " and above II miles perpendicular , place the spectator about 15 miles distant from the Giant's head , which head ...
... head of such a Giant , the spectator must be distant a mile or two from the figure . This would , by adding half the " stride " and above II miles perpendicular , place the spectator about 15 miles distant from the Giant's head , which head ...
الصفحة 11
... heads in the maternal bosom , to hide the horrid visage of some Cormoran Blunderbore , or Thunderbore , and escape the giant's toils . By this process the stories were imprinted on memory's * The History of Britain . By John Milton . 2d ...
... heads in the maternal bosom , to hide the horrid visage of some Cormoran Blunderbore , or Thunderbore , and escape the giant's toils . By this process the stories were imprinted on memory's * The History of Britain . By John Milton . 2d ...
الصفحة 17
... head entwined , " and that Corineus was but little above the ordinary size of man , the Trojan chief felt sure of a victory . The day for the wrestling was fixed . The huge Gogmagog was allowed to send for the giants , and they ...
... head entwined , " and that Corineus was but little above the ordinary size of man , the Trojan chief felt sure of a victory . The day for the wrestling was fixed . The huge Gogmagog was allowed to send for the giants , and they ...
الصفحة 24
... Head closes the scene , appropriately displaying another of those fine examples of humanity — a lighthouse . To the left , towards the sea , rises the cenotaph of Knill , an eccentric man , who evidently sought to secure some immor ...
... Head closes the scene , appropriately displaying another of those fine examples of humanity — a lighthouse . To the left , towards the sea , rises the cenotaph of Knill , an eccentric man , who evidently sought to secure some immor ...
الصفحة 27
... head , and scattered his brains on the grass . I once heard that Holiburn had mar- ried a farmer's daughter , and that a very fine race , still bear- ing a name not very dissimilar , was the result of this union . Holiburn , like his ...
... head , and scattered his brains on the grass . I once heard that Holiburn had mar- ried a farmer's daughter , and that a very fine race , still bear- ing a name not very dissimilar , was the result of this union . Holiburn , like his ...
المحتوى
29 | |
30 | |
31 | |
37 | |
46 | |
55 | |
56 | |
58 | |
59 | |
60 | |
63 | |
69 | |
71 | |
72 | |
74 | |
75 | |
76 | |
78 | |
79 | |
84 | |
85 | |
86 | |
87 | |
88 | |
93 | |
95 | |
100 | |
103 | |
106 | |
108 | |
110 | |
116 | |
117 | |
118 | |
127 | |
130 | |
131 | |
132 | |
133 | |
142 | |
163 | |
185 | |
188 | |
189 | |
195 | |
202 | |
208 | |
226 | |
232 | |
240 | |
246 | |
251 | |
252 | |
260 | |
262 | |
264 | |
265 | |
273 | |
284 | |
286 | |
292 | |
293 | |
294 | |
295 | |
296 | |
297 | |
299 | |
301 | |
303 | |
305 | |
306 | |
307 | |
308 | |
309 | |
310 | |
312 | |
315 | |
317 | |
319 | |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
1ST SERIES amidst amongst ancient Anne appeared arms beautiful Betty buried cairns called Carn Brea castle Chenalls Cherry child church Chyandour Corineus Cornish Cornwall cottage Crowlas dancing dark Dartmoor devil Duffy evidently eyes fairies father fire friends gentleman giant girl Gogmagog granite ground Gulval heard hill History of Cornwall hole horse inhabitants Islands Jack Jane Jenny Joan labour lady land Land's-End legend Lelant length lived Logan Rock looked lovely maiden mermaid miners moor morning Morva Mount's Bay Nancy neighbours never night old woman Padstow parish passed Pengerswick Penna Penzance piskies rock sand says Scilly seen Selina shew shore side soul spirit spriggans squire St Agnes St Ives St Michael's Mount stone story strange tale tell thee things thought tinkeard told took Towednack tradition Trecrobben Tregeagle Trenoweth village walked wife wild young Zennor
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 68 - Their dances were procession : But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas ; Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.
الصفحة i - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
الصفحة 62 - Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander every where, Swifter than the moon's sphere; And I serve the Fairy Queen, To dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours.
الصفحة 239 - While correcting these sheets I am informed of two recent instances of this superstition. One of them was the sacrifice of a calf by a farmer near Portreath, for the purpose of removing a disease which had long followed his horses and his cows. The other was the burning of a living lamb, to save, as the farmer said, ' his flocks from spells which had been cast on 'em.
الصفحة 62 - As we dance the dew doth fall ; Trip it, little urchins all, Lightly as the little bee, Two by two, and three by three, And about go we, and about go we.2 Jo.
الصفحة 312 - Jefferies, now living in the County of Cornwall, who was fed for six months by a small sort of Airy People, called Fairies; and of the strange and wonderful Cures she performed with Salves and Medicines she received from them, for which she never took one Penny of her Patients.
الصفحة 11 - Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus old, Where the great vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward angel now, and melt with ruth. And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
الصفحة 308 - The more important doings of the guizards are of a theatrical character. There is one rude and grotesque drama which they are accustomed to perform on each of the four above-mentioned nights, and which, in various fragments or versions, exists in every part of Lowland Scotland. The performers, who are never less than three, but sometimes as many as six, having dressed themselves, proceed in a band from house to house, generally contenting themselves with the kitchen for an arena, whither, in mansions...
الصفحة 237 - There can be no doubt but that a belief prevailed until a very recent period, amongst the small farmers in the districts remote from towns in Cornwall, that a living sacrifice appeased the wrath of God. This sacrifice must be by fire; and I have heard it argued that the Bible gave them warranty for this belief....
الصفحة 230 - Rows of lighted candles, also, when the air is calm, are fixed outside the windows or along the sides of the streets. In St. Just, and other mining parishes, the young miners, mimicking their fathers' employments, bore rows of holes in the rocks, load them with gunpowder, and explode them in rapid succession by trains of the same substance. As the holes are not deep enough to split the rocks, the same little batteries serve for many years.