 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...inchantments. There was not a village " in England, that had not a ghost in it ; the " church-yards were all haunted ; every large " common had a circle of fairies belonging to . " it ; and there was scarce a shepherd to be " met with, who had not seen a spirit." We are upon enchanted ground, my friend... | |
 | Matteo Maria Boiardo - Italian poetry - 1812 - 352 pages
...and enchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it — the church-yards were all haunted — every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it — and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with, that had not seen a spirit !" The fancies of our modern bards are... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1813 - 478 pages
...charms, and enchantments There was not -a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the church yards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there wasscarce a shepherd to be met with, who had not seeu a spirit." ADDISON, Spectator, vi. No. 419. Sir... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 342 pages
...charms, and enchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit. Among all the poets of this kind our English... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 322 pages
...charms, and enchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it ; the churchyards were all haunted ; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it ; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit. Among all the poets of this kind our English... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 682 pages
...charms, and enchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it ; the churchyards were all haunted ; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it ; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit. Among all the poets of this kind our English... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 268 pages
...and enchantments. There was not a village in England, that had not a ghost in it, the church-yards were all haunted, every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it, and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit. Among all the poets of this kind our English... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...of hobgoblins with which every ancient village used to teem. The churchyards were all haunted. Every common had a circle of fairies belonging to it, and there was scarcely a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit. Hence says Gay : — Those Tales of vulgar... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 614 pages
...charms, and enchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it ; the church yards were all haunted ; "every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it ; and there was scarcely a shepherd to be met with, who had not seen a spirit." ADDISON, Spectator, vi. No. 419. Sir... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 616 pages
...charms, and enchantments. There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it ; the church yards were all haunted ; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging lo it ; and there was scarcely a shepherd to be met with, who had not seen a spirit." Anmsojf, Spectator,... | |
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There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit. 
