 When it pleased him, he could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity : so great was the heat of his nature that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above, and a...  Origins of English History - Seite 279von Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 458 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1849 - 464 Seiten
...could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity, — so great was the heat of his nature, that when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand; and when his companions were... | |
 | Mabinogion - 1849 - 466 Seiten
...could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity, — so great was the heat of his nature, that when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand; and when his companions were... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1920 - 596 Seiten
...and he eoiild exist nine days and nine nights without sleep. . . . And he had another peculiarity — so great was the heat of his nature that when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a hand-breath above and a hand-breath below his hand; and . when his companions were... | |
 | 1877 - 532 Seiten
...could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity, — so great was the heat of his nature, that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand ; and when his companions were... | |
 | Mabinogion - 1877 - 538 Seiten
...could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity, — so great was the heat of his nature, that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand ; and when his companions were... | |
 | 1877 - 538 Seiten
...could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity,—so great was the heat of his nature, that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above and a handbreadth below his hand ; and when his companions were... | |
 | Sidney Lanier - 1881 - 440 Seiten
...he could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity: so great was the heat of his nature that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbrcadth above, and a handbreadth below, his hand; and, when his companions were... | |
 | Mabinogion - 1881 - 454 Seiten
...he could render himself as tall as the highest tree in the forest. And he had another peculiarity : so great was the heat of his nature that, when it rained hardest, whatever he carried remained dry for a handbreadth above, and a handbreadth below, his hand ; and, when his companions... | |
 | Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 514 Seiten
...from all parts to pray at her shrine in Anglesea and to cure their sorrows at her miraculous well.* A god of fire appears in mediaeval romance as " blessed...St. Bridget and an Irish goddess whose gifts were poetryffire and medicine. The saint became the Queen of Heaven, and was adored as " the Mary of the... | |
 | Charles Isaac Elton - 1882 - 506 Seiten
...from all parts to pray at her shrine in Anglesea and to cure their sorrows at her miraculous well.2 A god of fire appears in mediaeval romance as " blessed...confusion between St. Bridget and an Irish goddess whose gif:s were poetry fire and medicine. The saint became the Queen of Heaven, and was adored as "the Mary... | |
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