Jenkinson's practical guide to the Isle of Man

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E. Stanford, 1878 - 281 ページ
 

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39 ページ - fairie elves Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
167 ページ - seemed, and swore that he desired nothing more than that the Moddey Dhoo would follow him as it had done the others, for he would try if it were dog or devil. After having talked in a very reprobate manner for some time, he snatched up the keys and went out of the guard-room.
170 ページ - you are nobly born, Despoiled of your honour in your life, Shall, after three days' open penance done, Live in your country here in banishment, With Sir John Stanley, in the Isle of Man.
20 ページ - I see the Deep's untrampled floor With green and purple seaweeds strown; I see the waves upon the shore, Like light dissolved in star-showers, thrown : I sit upon the sands
xxx ページ - was received with a coldness occasioned by his horror and surprise at her appearance. This, however, was so misconstrued by the sea lady that, in revenge for his treatment of her, she punished the whole island by covering it with a mist, so that all who attempted to carry on any commerce with it either never
166 ページ - laughed at the simplicity of his companions, and though it was not his turn to go with the keys, would needs take that office upon him to testify his courage. All the soldiers endeavoured to dissuade him, but the more they said the more resolute he
39 ページ - nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
166 ページ - They say that an apparition called, in their language, the Moddey Dhoo, in the shape of a large black spaniel with curled shaggy hair, used to haunt Peel Castle, and has been frequently seen in every room, but particularly
166 ページ - church. They agreed among themselves that whoever was to succeed the ensuing night his fellow in this errand, should accompany him that went first, and by this means no man would be exposed singly to the danger; for the Moddey Dhoo was always seen to come out from that passage at the close of day, and return to it
167 ページ - The Moddey Dhoo was, however, never seen after in the castle, nor would any one attempt to go through that passage, for which reason it was closed up, and another way made. This accident happened about three-score years since, and I heard it attested by several, but especially by an old soldier, who assured me he had seen it oftener than he had

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