 These, when a child haps to be got, Which after proves an idiot, When folks perceive it thriveth not, The fault therein to smother, Some silly doating brainless calf, That understands things by the half, Says that the fairy left this aulf, And took away...  A Dictionary of English Etymology - Page 447by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson - 1872 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Nichols - English poetry - 1782 - 342 pages
...and in mat flies found, ,Of them fo call'd the Fary ground, Of which they have the keeping. ' Thefe when a child haps to be got, 'Which after proves an idiot, When folk perceives it thrivcth not, The fault therein to Another, •Some filly doating brainlefs calf,... | |
 | 1793 - 810 pages
...meadows and in marines found, Of them fo call'd the Fairy ground, Of which they have the keeping. Thcfe, when a child haps to be got, Which after proves an idiot, When folk perceive it thriveth not, The fault therein to fmother '. Some filly doating brainlefs calf, That... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 692 pages
...In meadows and in marshes found, Of them so call'd the Fairy-ground, Of which they have the keeping. These, when a child haps to be got, Which after proves an idiot. When folk perceive it thrivcth not, The fault therein to smother : Some silly doating brainless calf, That... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...more witty, which they ftcal away.] i. A changeling; a foolifh child left by the fairies. — Thefe when a child haps to be got, Which after proves an idiot, When folk perceive it thriveth not, The fault therein to fmother: Some filly floating brainlefs calf,' That... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...ouphs or fairies in the place of one more witty.' A changeling a foolish child left by the fairies. These, when a child haps to be got Which after proves an idiot, When folk perceives it thrivelh not, The fault therein to smother : Some silly doating brainless calf, That... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1838 - 488 pages
...propensity in his Nymphidia— Thus when a child hap to be got, That after proves an idiot, When folk perceive it thriveth not, The fault therein to smother, — Some silly, doating, brainless calf, That understands things hy the half, ' Says that the fairy left this aulf And took away the other.... | |
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1845 - 352 pages
...meadows and in marshes found, Of them so call'd the fairy -ground, Of which they have the keeping. These, when a child haps to be got, Which after proves...therein to smother, Some silly doating brainless calf, That understands things by the half, Says that the fairy left this aulf, And took away the other. But... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...is very healthy, though sharp in winter. AUF, OAF and ELF. Sax. alf; Ger. alp; Dutch alve. See ELF. These, when a child haps to be got, Which after proves an idiot, When folk perceive it thrivetli not, Tlie fault therein to smother : Some silly doating brainless calf,... | |
 | John Saunders - 1848 - 434 pages
...propensity in his Nymphidia — These when a child hap to be got, That after proves an idiot, When folk perceive it thriveth not, The fault therein to smother,— Some silly, doating, brainless calf, That understands things by the half, Says that the fairy left this aulf And took away the other. Such... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Fairy tales - 1850 - 622 pages
...which they have the keeping. These, when a child haps to be got, That after proves an idiot, When folk perceive it thriveth not, The fault therein to smother, Some silly, doating, brainless calf, That understands things by the half, Says that the fairy left this aulf, And took away the other. And... | |
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