 | British essayists - 1802 - 356 strani
...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 are much the best, by what I have yet seen ; whether it... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 554 strani
...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 are much the best, by what I have yet seen ; whether it... | |
 | 1803 - 376 strani
...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 are much. the best, by what I have yet seen; whether it... | |
 | 1803 - 420 strani
...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 are much the best, by what I have yet seen ; whether... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 strani
...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 are much the best, by what I have yet seen, whether it... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 572 strani
...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 are much the best, by what I have yet seen, whether it... | |
 | 1804 - 412 strani
...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 are much the best, by what I have yet seen i whether it... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 552 strani
...were injurious however, to consider New England as peculiar in this culpable credulity, with its " a shepherd to be met with, who had not seen a spirit."...this credulity remained, even to our own age, may be ob" served by any man that reflects so far ai 30 or 40 years ; how often a" vouched, and how generally... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 556 strani
...were injurious however, to consider New England as peculiar in this culpable credulity, with its / " a shepherd to be met with, who had not seen a spirit." ADDISON, SpecUCOT, »i. No. 419. Sir William Temple, in his Essay on Poetry, remarks: " Haw much of this credulity... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 strani
...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." It is somewhat remarkable, and a strong proof of an inherent love in human nature for the vast, the... | |
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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. 
