 The Brownie was a very obliging spirit, who used to come into houses by night, and for a dish of cream to perform lustily any piece of work that might remain to be done: sometimes he would work, and sometimes eat till he bursted : if old clothes were...  The chief of Glen-Orchay [a poem, by W. Bennet]. - Стр. 249авторы: William Bennet (poet.) - 1840Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Robert Heron - 1793 - Страниц: 532
...of work, that might remain to be done: Sometimes he would work, and fometimes eat, till he burfted : If old clothes were laid out for him, he took them in great diftrefs, and never more returned: A Brownie is now very feldom to be heard of, in this country. Within... | |
 | John Graham Dalyell - 1834 - Страниц: 722
...of ancient coyn."J The attributes and description of Greogach, or * Heron, Journey, v. ii. p. 227. " If old clothes were laid out for him, he took them in great distress, and never more returned." f Presbyterie Buik of Aberdein, I Dec. 1601. Weschell— goods ; properly. Povslales — powerless.... | |
 | John Brand - 1841 - Страниц: 356
...of work that might remain to he done : sometimes he would work, and sometimes eat till he hursted : if old clothes were laid out for him, he took them in great distress, and never more returned." Brand, in his " Description of Orkney," 8vo. Edinh. 1701, p. 63, says : " Evil spirits, also called... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - Страниц: 544
...of work that might remain to be done: sometimes he would work, and sometimes eat till he bursted : if old clothes were laid out for him, he took them in great distress, and never more returned." Brand, in his Description of Orkney, 1701, p. 63, says: " Evil spirits, also called fairies, are frequently... | |
 | George Hill - 1869 - Страниц: 536
...of work that might remain to be done : sometimes he would work, and sometimes eat till he bursted : if old clothes were laid out for him,' he took them in great distress, and never more returned." See Brand's Popular Antiquities, pp. 284, 285. & Mr. //atis. — Mr. Hans was eldest son of John Hamilton,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1878 - Страниц: 252
...by night, and for a dish of cream to perform lustily any piece of work that might remain to be done. If old clothes were laid out for him, he took them in great distress, and never more returned. A brownie is now very seldom to be met with in this country. Within these last twenty years, it was... | |
 | sir James MacNabb Campbell - 1885 - Страниц: 540
...piece of work that might remain to be done. Sometimes he would work and sometimes eat till he burstod : if old clothes were laid out for him he took them in great distress, and never more returned" (Brand, II, 489). The Phynnodderre, a spirit of the Isle of Man, was believed to assist peasants in... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1897 - Страниц: 276
...by night, and for a dish of cream to perform lustily any piece of work that might remain to be done. If old clothes were laid out for him he took them in great distress, and never more returned. A brownie is now very seldom to be met with in this country. Within these last twenty years, it was... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1897 - Страниц: 472
...of work that might remain to be done; sometimes he would work, ar.d sometimes cat till he burstcd ; if old clothes were laid out for him, he took them in great distress, and never more returned.'1 — Heron's Journey through Part cf Scotland, 1799 ii-, p. 227. There is an account of... | |
 | Ada Goodrich-Freer - 1899 - Страниц: 356
...of work that might remain to be done ; sometimes he would work, and sometimes eat till he bursted ; if old clothes were laid out for him, he took them in great distress, and never more returned." — Heron's "Journey through Part of Scotland," 1799, ii., p. 227. There is an account of Oberon's... | |
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