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“These mysterious and unaccountable incidents by degrees impressed the minds of the inhabitants with terror that cannot be described; no woman or boy would go out of doors after sunset, on any account whatever, and there was scarcely a man who dust venture forth alone after the fall of evening. If they could have been sure that brownies and fairies had only power to assume the human shape, they would not have been nearly such peril and perplexity; but there was no form of any thing animate or inanimate, save that of a lamb, that they were sure of; they were of course waylaid at every turn, and kept in continual agitation.”

Quote by James Hogg

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The Brownie of Bodsbeck

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James Hogg
James Hogg

James Hogg, born on December 9, 1770, and died on November 21, 1835, was a Scottish poet known for his satirical and humorous writing style. His most famous work, 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner', is considered a classic of Scottish literature. more

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