 | David Henry - 1773 - 524 pages
...the Devil, which he defcribed, in the following words, " He was as large, fays " he, as a one gallon keg, and very like it ; he ** had horns and wings, yet he crept fo flowly " through the grafs, that if I had not been *c afeard, I might have touched him." It appeared... | |
 | 1775 - 674 pages
...fingular a ftile that I lliall let down his own words: " He was, fays John, as large as a one gallon keg, and " very like it: he had horns and wings, yet he crept " fo flowly through the grafs, that if I bad not been " afeard I might have touched him." This formidable... | |
 | 1785 - 456 pages
...gallon keg, and very like it ; " he had horns and wings, yet he crept fo flowly " through the grafs, that if I had not been " afeard I might have touched him." This formidable apparition we afterwards difcovered to have been a batt ; and the batts here muft be... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1796 - 380 pages
...the devil, which he defcribed in the following words i " He was as large, fays he, as a one gallon keg, and very like it ; he had horns and wings, yet he crept fo flowly through the grafs, that if I had not been afeartd, I might have touched him." It appeared... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1812 - 1030 pages
...he had feen the devil, which he defcribed in the following words : " He was äs large," fays he, " as a one-gallon keg, and very like it ; he had horns and wings, yet he crept fo flowly through the grafs, that if I had not been afeared, I might have touched him." It appeared... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1813 - 368 pages
...singular a stile that 1 shall set down his own words ; <k He was," says John, " as large as a one gallon keg, and very like it ; he had horns and wings, yet he crept so slowly through (lie grass, that if I had not been afeard I might have touched him." This formidable apparition we... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...shall set down his own words: " He was," says John, " as large as a one gallon keg, and very like ic ; he had horns and wings, yet he crept so slowly through...if I had not been afeard I might have touched him." This formidable apparition we afterwards discovered to have been a batt ; and the batts here must be... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 pages
...singular a style, that I shall set down his own words : " He was," says John, " as large as a one gallon keg, and very like it ; he had horns and wings, yet...if I had not been afeard I might have touched him." This formidable apparition we afterwards discovered to have been a batt ; and the batts here must be... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...was," aays John, " as larce as a one gallon keg, and very like U ; be had horn« and wings, yet be crept so slowly through the grass, that if I had not been afcard 1 might have toui-iitd bun." Tins formidable apparition we afterwards discovered to have been... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 pages
...style, that I shall set down' his own words: " He' was," says John, "as large as a one gallon kegy and very like it ; he had horns and wings, yet he-...if I had not been afeard I might have touched him." This formidable apparition we afterwards" discovered to have been a batt ; and the batts here must... | |
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as large as a one-gallon keg, and very like it : he had horns and wings, yet he crept so slowly through the grass, that if I had not been afeard I might have touched him.°... 
