10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRIGHTSOME»
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frightsome in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British Fiction
The mermaid sung her sweet and alluring strains by the shores of the mountain
lake, and the kelpie sat moping and dripping by his frightsome pool [...] The
fleeting wraiths hovered round the dwellings ofthose who were soon to die, and
the ...
2
The Poetical Works: With the Life of the Author
To meet the Pauly check for chow, Whan he, like frightsome wirrikow, > ' Had
wont to rail, And set our stamacks in a low, Or we turn'd tail. Ah, Johnny! aften did
I grumble Frae cozy bed fu' ear' to tumble, Whan art and part I'd been in some ill,
...
Robert Fergusson, David Irving, 1800
3
The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
I made a drawing of this town at no considerable distance, but I have seen no
work of this kind, and the Japanese fortresses, in general, are not so frightsome
and unapproachable as the European. “ The other Japanese military forts,” ...
4
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ...
No question, it was leVelled against the persecuted party principally; a new
circuit was very justly frightsome to them from their BXperience of the severities of
the former. They are not suffered to live at home, and now are stopped from
retiring ...
5
The Mystical Sense of the Sacred Scriptures
... will assure you that it terminates at nothing less than God Himself, who is found
all alone at the end, by the happy loss of the creature into Him. Do not think that
you are the only ones that walk in such frightsome roads ; many persons have ...
6
Waverley Novels: St. Ronan's well. 1859
... us — and then in came three frightsome carlines wi' besoms, and they wad
bewitch a sailor's wife — I was lang eneugh there — and out I wad be, and out
John Blower gat me, but wi' nae sma' fight and fend. — My Lady Penelope
Penfitter, ...
7
Winter Evening Tales: Collected Among the Cottagers in the ...
We loved the fairies and the brownies, and even felt a little partiality for the
mermaids, on account of their beauty and charming songs; but we were a little
jealous of the water-kelpies, and always kept aloof from the frightsome pools. We
hated ...
8
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
... pleased with it, by hicroglypbical signs wished to t15\ allure my steps into some
unknown region of finery, but the seat nearest the door answered my purpose; it
was all so very fine, as, for a humbleminded person, to be rather frightsome.
Morison accordingly called; but the beast only answered bi' anither lang
frightsome cry, and, on his maister's risin' and gain' nearer to him, Oscar wheeled
roon' and ran cowrin' away up the burnside as fast as his auld joints culd carry
him.
10
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
... I was terribly discomposed at the thoughts of her return. "Been, sir! Been? Why,
she has been where ye pat her, it seems—lying buried in the sands o' the linn. I
can tell you, ye will see her a frightsome figure, sic as I never wish to see again.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRIGHTSOME»
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frightsome is used in the context of the following news items.
Shameful past of Falkirk's mining industry
James Watson (9) found Redding pit “gai dark … an awfu frightsome place”, and one of the inspectors visiting Stoney Rigg colliery met ... «Falkirk Herald, Dec 14»
Half-term school holidays: From climbing a tree to a Frozen sing …
Once you've safely negotiated the frightsome BFG and Enormous Crocodile cunningly disguised as a bench, this is a phizz-whizzing treat. «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Trailer: Wanted Men
Fearsome faces like Blackbeard make an impressive showing, while others like Hornigold are a bit less frightsome in their demeanor. «ScreenCrush, Sep 13»
