A peep at the pixies : or, Legends of the west (1854)
Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790-1883, Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882 · London : Grant and Griffith · leaf 64
troop of hens andchickens as never before was seen.-The leader of these was a fat black hen, which, like thesnake, had no sooner entered within the charmed circlethan it rose into a monstrous bird. Myriads of littlewretches, some with heads like those of old men, others withbaby faces; some with… … THE THREE TRIALS THE THREE TRIALS; OR, CRABBY CROSS. 53 for safety; as, most marvellous of all, she dashed throughthe cottage window, which little Lynx opened to make wayfor her; and though she and Will were two such largebeings, they passed through it with all the ease imaginable,never even…
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