Popular Tales and Fictions: Their Migrations and Transformations, Volumen1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1887 - 1000 páginas |
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... to be the abode of genii , perís , and dívs , or giants- the mysterious region of enchantments . In Muslim legends , Solomon , VOL . I. F An invisible cap and boots of swiftness also fig- ure INVISIBLE CAPS AND CLOAKS , ETC. 81.
... to be the abode of genii , perís , and dívs , or giants- the mysterious region of enchantments . In Muslim legends , Solomon , VOL . I. F An invisible cap and boots of swiftness also fig- ure INVISIBLE CAPS AND CLOAKS , ETC. 81.
Página 82
... genii being under his control . 1 Siddhí Kúr signifies a dead body endowed with supernatural powers , or a corpse into which a vampire has entered . These Re- lations of Siddhí Kúr are the Mongolian form of the ancient Indian work ...
... genii being under his control . 1 Siddhí Kúr signifies a dead body endowed with supernatural powers , or a corpse into which a vampire has entered . These Re- lations of Siddhí Kúr are the Mongolian form of the ancient Indian work ...
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... genii ) assembled , who take from the cleft of a rock a bag , and a hammer with which they beat the bag , when lo there issues from it a plentiful supply of food and drink ; and thumping it a second time , they get from it silver and ...
... genii ) assembled , who take from the cleft of a rock a bag , and a hammer with which they beat the bag , when lo there issues from it a plentiful supply of food and drink ; and thumping it a second time , they get from it silver and ...
Página 174
... genii to Zeyn el - Asnám , in the Arabian tale , which reflected the form . of the woman of whose spotless virtue he wished to be assured if the mirror remained clear , she was chaste ; but if dimmed , she was " no better than she ...
... genii to Zeyn el - Asnám , in the Arabian tale , which reflected the form . of the woman of whose spotless virtue he wished to be assured if the mirror remained clear , she was chaste ; but if dimmed , she was " no better than she ...
Página 186
... Genii , to bring her back . On the way he obtains shoes of swiftness and other useful magical things , by means of which he reaches his journey's end , and is reunited to his wife - who , it seems , had met with but a scurvy reception ...
... Genii , to bring her back . On the way he obtains shoes of swiftness and other useful magical things , by means of which he reaches his journey's end , and is reunited to his wife - who , it seems , had met with but a scurvy reception ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 43 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Página 293 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 222 - twixt Now and Then! This breathing house not built with hands, This body that does me grievous wrong, O'er aery cliffs and glittering sands, How lightly then it flashed along: — Like those trim skiffs, unknown of yore, On winding lakes and rivers wide, That ask no aid of sail or oar, That fear no spite of wind or tide ! Nought cared this body for wind or weather When Youth and I lived in't together.
Página 292 - This is the dog, That worried the cat, ' That killed the rat, • That ate the malt, ' That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 353 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Página 298 - As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the rat ; the rat began to gnaw the rope ; the rope began to hang the butcher ; the butcher began to kill the ox ; the ox began to drink the water ; the water began to quench the fire ; the fire began to burn the stick ; the stick began to beat the dog ; the dog began to bite the pig ; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile; and so the old woman got home that night." * Or haymakers, proceeding thus in the stead of the rest...
Página 363 - Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies look within...
Página 360 - Da Luan, Da Mort, Da Luan, Da Mart, Da Luan, Da Mort"; then there would be a moment's pause, and then the round of melody went on again. Lusmore listened attentively, scarcely drawing his breath lest he might lose the slightest note. He now plainly perceived that the singing was within the moat; and though at first it had charmed him so much, he began to get tired of hearing the same round sung over and over so often without any change; so availing himself of the pause when the "Da Luan, Da Mort"...
Página 431 - She, as a hawk, followed him and gav-e him no rest in the sky. And just as she was about to stoop upon him, and he was in fear of death, he espied a heap of winnowed wheat on the floor of a barn, and he dropped among the wheat, and turned himself into one of the grains. Then she transformed herself into a highcrested black hen, and went to the wheat and scratched it with her feet, and found him out and swallowed him. And...
Página 49 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.