At one time they would bark like dogs, at another purr like cats; yea, they would fly like geese, and be carried with an incredible swiftness, having but just their toes now and then upon the ground, sometimes not once in twenty feet, and their arms waved... Right at Last: And Other Tales - Página 200por Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1860 - 305 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Zachariah Atwell Mudge - 1870 - 326 páginas
...their accomplishments, to which they added flying. "Yea7 they would fly like geese, and be carried with incredible swiftness, having but just their toes now...not once in twenty feet, and their arms waved like the wings of a bird." One of the children had less pleasant exercises. She was roasted, she said, in... | |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1873 - 516 páginas
...blessed man, Mr. Goodwin. These four babea of grace were bewitched by an Irish witch ; there is no end of the narration of the torments they had to submit to....sometimes, by means of a noose, almost choked them. One in special was subjected by this woman of Satan to such heat as of an oven, that I myself have seen the... | |
| De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - 1878 - 1146 páginas
...;'At one time they would bark like dogs, and then again they would pur like cats. Yes," said he, " they would fly like geese and be carried with an incredible...not once in twenty feet, and their arms waved like the wings of a bird." The period is now reached — the year 1692 — when the noted phase of delusion... | |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1886 - 516 páginas
...blessed man, Mr. Goodwin. These four babes of grace were bewitched by an Irish witch ; there is no end of the narration of the torments they had to submit to....sometimes, by means of a noose, almost choked them. One in special was subjected by this woman of Satan to such heat as of an oven, that I myself have seen the... | |
| Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 páginas
...Yea, with mine own eyes have I seen poor children made to fly like geese, but just their toes touching now and then upon the ground, sometimes not once in twenty feet, their arms flapping like wings ! " The courthouse was very warm this June morning. Cotton Mather paused... | |
| 1899 - 124 páginas
..."At one time they would bark like dogs, and then again they would purr like cats. Yes," said he, " they would fly like geese and be carried with an incredible...not once in twenty feet, and their arms waved like the wings of a bird." The period is now reached — the year 1692 — when the noted phase of delusion... | |
| Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 páginas
...Yea, with mine own eyes have I seen poor children made to fly like geese, but just their toes touching now and then upon the ground, sometimes not once in twenty feet, their arms napping like wings I " The courthouse was very warm this June morning. Cotton Mather paused... | |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1906 - 782 páginas
...blessed man, Mr. Goodwin. These four babes of grace were bewitched by an Irish witch ; there is no end of the narration of the torments they had to submit to....sometimes, by means of a noose, almost choked them. One, in special, was subjected by this woman of Satan to such heat as of an oven, that I myself have seen the... | |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1906 - 784 páginas
...blessed man, Mr. Goodwin. These four babes of grace were bewitched by an Irish witch ; there is no end of the narration of the torments they had to submit to....sometimes, by means of a noose, almost choked them. One, in special, was subjected by this woman of Satan to such heat as of an oven, that I myself have seen the... | |
| St. John Drelincourt Seymour - 1913 - 272 páginas
...Fences, yea, they would fly like Geese, and be carry'd with an incredible Swiftness through the Air, having but just their Toes now and then upon the Ground (sometimes not once in Twenty Foot), and their Arms wav'd like the Wings of a Bird. ... If they were bidden to do a needless thing... | |
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