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" In our childhood our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, fire in his mouth, and a tail... "
Witch Stories - Page 182
by Elizabeth Lynn Linton - 1861 - 428 pages
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History of Great Britain, from the death of Henry viii. to the ..., Volume 2

James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...eyes like a bason, fanges like a dog, clawes like a bear, a skinne like a negro, and a voice roaring like a lion; whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, bough ! And they have so frayed us with bullbeggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves, hags, fairies, satyrs,...
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Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions: Or, An Attempt to Trace Such ...

Samuel Hibbert - 1825 - 500 pages
...mouth, and a taile in his breech, eies like a bason, fangs like a dog, clawes like a beare, a skin like a niger, and a voice roring like a lion,— whereby we start and are afraid when we heare one cry bough." It is still a curious matter for speculation, worth while noticing — Why, after...
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A Lecture on Popular Superstitions

Bernard Whitman - 1829 - 76 pages
...taile in his breech ; eies like a bason, fangs like a dog, clawes like a beare, a skin like a nigger, and a voice roring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we heare one cry BOUGH.'— REGINALD SCOT." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States,...
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Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft: Addressed to J.G. Lockhart, Esq

Walter Scott - 1830 - 374 pages
...; eyes like a basin, fangs like a dog, claws like a bear, a skin like a negro, and a voice roaring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh ! and they have so frayd us with bull-beggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves, hags, fairies,...
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Faustus, a dramatic mystery; The bride of Corinth; The first Walpurgis night ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1835 - 610 pages
...breech, eyes like a lynx, fangs like a dog, claws like a bear, a skin like a niger, and a voice roaring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we hear any one cry ' bough ; ' and they have so frayed us with bul-beggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves,...
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Faustus, a Dramatic Mystery: The Bride of Corinth; The First ..., Part 1

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1835 - 568 pages
...breech, eyes like a lynx, fangs like a dog, claws like a bear, a skin like a niger, and a voice roaring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we hear any one cry ' bough ; ' and they have so frayed us with bul-beggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves,...
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An historical and descriptive account of the collegiate church of Wolverhampton

George Oliver - 1836 - 226 pages
...breech, eyes like a basin, fangs like a dog, claws like a bear, a skin like a negro, and a voice roaring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry Boh ! and they have so fray'd us with bull-beggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves, hags, fairies,...
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London Saturday Journal..., Volume 1

1839 - 444 pages
...; eyes like a basin, fangs like a dog, claws like a bear, a skin like a negro, and a voice roaring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry Bah! and they have so frayd us with bull-beggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves, hags, fairies,...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 11

1845 - 356 pages
...; eyes like a basin, fangs like a dog, claws like a bear, a skin like a negro, and a voice roaring like a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh !. and they have so frayd us with bull-beggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves, hags, fairies,...
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Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft: Addressed to J. G. Lockhart, Esq

Walter Scott - 1848 - 356 pages
...eyes like a basin, fangs like a dog, claws like a bear, a skin like a negro, and a voice roaring \ike a lion, whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh ! and they have so frayd us with bull-beggars, spirits, witches, urchins, elves, hags, fairies,...
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