False Stories CorrectedSamuel Wood & Sons, no. 261, Pearl-Street and Samuel S. Wood & Company, no. 212 Market-St., Baltimore, 1822 - African Americans - 41 pages |
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... , so long it swung , That Ghost and all pass'd through . Loud fell the gate against the post ! Her heart - strings like to crack ; For much she fear'd the grisly Ghost , Would leap upon her back . Still on , pat , pât , the Goblin went. 7.
... , so long it swung , That Ghost and all pass'd through . Loud fell the gate against the post ! Her heart - strings like to crack ; For much she fear'd the grisly Ghost , Would leap upon her back . Still on , pat , pât , the Goblin went. 7.
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... , and distinguished by a variety of fantastical actions , either good or bad . They are represented as fe- males , superior to human nature , sometimes visible , and sometimes invisible ; and possessing power to pass through key holes. 26.
... , and distinguished by a variety of fantastical actions , either good or bad . They are represented as fe- males , superior to human nature , sometimes visible , and sometimes invisible ; and possessing power to pass through key holes. 26.
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invisible ; and possessing power to pass through key holes , and to dart about with great velocity , & c . It is said , in the Highlands of Scotland , new born infants are watched till the christening is over , lest they should be ...
invisible ; and possessing power to pass through key holes , and to dart about with great velocity , & c . It is said , in the Highlands of Scotland , new born infants are watched till the christening is over , lest they should be ...
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... of the earth . It seldom goes far from the place of shelter which it has fixed on ; it passes its life under the earth , often at the bottom of old walls dur- ing the summer . PHOENIX , in ornithology , a bird famous in antiquity 33.
... of the earth . It seldom goes far from the place of shelter which it has fixed on ; it passes its life under the earth , often at the bottom of old walls dur- ing the summer . PHOENIX , in ornithology , a bird famous in antiquity 33.
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