 Though it was not expressly avowed, no one doubted that the goodman's croft was set apart for some evil being ; in fact, that it was the portion of the archfiend himself, whom our ancestors distinguished by a name, which, while it was generally understood,...  The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Page 2381831Full view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1831 - 546 pages
...whom our ancestors distinguished by a name, which, while it was generally understood, could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant...custom sunk before the efforts of the clergy in the 17th century; but there must still be many alive, who in childhood have been taught to look with wonder... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 356 pages
...whom our ancestors distinguished by a name, which, while it was generally understood, could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant...have been taught to look with wonder on knolls and p*ches of ground left uncultivated, because, whenever a ploughshare entered the soil, the elementary... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 pages
...whom our ancestors distinguished by a name, which, while it was generally understood, could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant...on knolls and patches of ground left uncultivated, because, whenever a ploughshare entered the soil, the elementary spirits were supposed to testify their... | |
 | Leveson Venables V. Harcourt - 1838 - 540 pages
...cultivated, but suffered to remain waste, like the temenott of a pagan temple. There must be still many alive who in childhood have been taught to look...on knolls and patches of ground left uncultivated, because whenever a ploughshare entered the soil the elementary spirits were disposed to testify their... | |
 | Leveson Venables Vernon-Harcourt - 1838 - 560 pages
...or cultivated, but suffered to remain waste, like the temenos of a pagan temple. There must be still many alive who in childhood have been taught to look...on knolls and patches of ground left uncultivated, because whenever a ploughshare entered the soil the elementary spirits were disposed to testify their... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...generally understood, could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant of the region of despair. This was so general a custom, that the...on knolls and patches of ground left uncultivated, because, whenever a ploughshare entered the soil, the elementary spirits were supposed to testify their... | |
 | 1845 - 356 pages
...whom our ancestors distinguished by .a name, which, while it was generally understood,. could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant...blasphemous usage. This singular custom sunk before the^efforts of the clergy in the seventeenth century ; but there must still be many alive, who in childhood... | |
 | George Johnston, George Tate - 1853 - 444 pages
...who sport in every conceivable figure and position, hiding in one blossom, sucking nectar from * " There must still be many alive, who in childhood have...on knolls and patches of ground left uncultivated, because, whenever a ploughshare entered the soil, the elementary spirits were supposed to testify their... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1870 - 426 pages
...whom our ancestors distinguished by a name, which, while it was generally understood, could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant...on knolls and patches of ground left uncultivated, because, whenever a ploughshare entered the soil, the elementary spirits were supposed to testify their... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1872 - 454 pages
...whom our ancestors distinguished by a name which, while it was generally understood, could not, it was supposed, be offensive to the stern inhabitant...was so general a custom that the Church published an * See Pennant's Scottish Tour, vol. ip 111. The traveller mentions that some festival of the same kind... | |
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