 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1825 - 386 sider
...Antiquities; for in one of his notes on that valuable work, he says, " I made strict inquiries after fairies in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even...there I could only meet with a man who said that he hail seen one that had seen fairies. Truth is hard to come at in most cases; none, I believe, ever... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1825 - 396 sider
...made strict inquiries after fairies in the unculti-. vated wilds of Northumberland, but even t¿iere I “could only meet with a man who said that he had seen one That/tad seen fai ncr. Truth is hard to come at in most cases; none, I believe, ever came nearer to... | |
 | 1889 - 602 sider
...the "good people " in this part of the country is :—" I have made strict inquiries after fairies in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even...who said that he had seen one that had seen fairies' Truth is hard to come at in most cases. None, I believe, ever came nearer to it than I have done."... | |
 | John Brand - 1900 - 574 sider
...sexes of fairies are represented to have been generally green. 4 1 made strict inquiries after fairies in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even there I could only meet with a ' [It seems extraordinary that an opinion so unreasonable should have been suffered to remain without... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 374 sider
...performances far exceeding human art." " I made strict inquiries" (Brand says) " after the fairies in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even...who said that he had seen one that had seen fairies. Truth is hard to come at in most cases. None, I believe, ever came nearer to it in this than I have... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 360 sider
...performances far exceeding human art." " Г made strict inquiries (Brand says) " after the fairies in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even...who said that he had seen one that had seen fairies. Truth is hard to come at in most cases. None, I believe, ever came nearer to it in this than I have... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 sider
...whom they called Duergar or dwarfs, and to whom they attributed many wonderful performances far land, but even there I could only meet with a man who said that he had seen one that had seen fairies. Truth is hard to come at in most cases. None, I believe, ever came nearer to it in this than I have... | |
 | 1891 - 614 sider
...the " good people " in this part of the country is :— I have made strict inquiries after fairies in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even...I could only meet with a man who said that he had Been one that had reen fairies. Truth is hard to come at in most cases. None, I believe, ever came... | |
| |
in the uncultivated wilds of Northumberland, but even there I could only meet with a man who said that he had seen one that had seen fairies. 