There was a shriek of demon laughter, the scene was lost in darkness, and Peter fell insensible
There was a shriek of demon laughter, the scene was lost in darkness, and Peter fell insensible
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On a winter night, when snow lay untrodden about the building and a sharp air stirred in the trees with a sound…
On a winter night, when snow lay untrodden about the building and a sharp air stirred in the trees with a sound like harps, the old man sat in a large room of the place, with his son and daughter, waiting
Read record →Marion's innate refinement, her gentleness, her vivacity, could not fail to interest Washington, and the vision…
Marion's innate refinement, her gentleness, her vivacity, could not fail to interest Washington, and the vision of her face was with him for many a day
Read record →Presently they were in a great cave in the heart of Katahdin, where sat the spirit of the mountain, who…
Presently they were in a great cave in the heart of Katahdin, where sat the spirit of the mountain, who welcomed them and asked the girl if her brothers had come
Read record →“I have not long to live,” said he, “nor would I live longer if I could
“I have not long to live,” said he, “nor would I live longer if I could
Read record →The old chief came forth, climbed upon the sledge, and was borne away with a triumphal apostrophe that sounded…
The old chief came forth, climbed upon the sledge, and was borne away with a triumphal apostrophe that sounded above the yelping and snarling of his train
Read record →The tallest peak of the Agiochooks--as they were, in Indian naming--was the seat of God himself, and the…
The tallest peak of the Agiochooks--as they were, in Indian naming--was the seat of God himself, and the encroachment there of the white man was little liked
Read record →The red men said that it hung in the air, and that the soul of an Indian--killed, that he might guard the…
The red men said that it hung in the air, and that the soul of an Indian--killed, that he might guard the spot--made approach perilous to men of all complexions and purposes
Read record →Such was the case in 1692 when the witchcraft madness, which might have been stayed by a seasonable spanking,…
Such was the case in 1692 when the witchcraft madness, which might have been stayed by a seasonable spanking, broke out in Danvers, Massachusetts, the first victim being a wild Irishwoman, named Glover, and speedily involved the neighboring community of Salem
Read record →According to the belief of the time a witch or wizard compacted with Satan for the gift of supernatural power,…
According to the belief of the time a witch or wizard compacted with Satan for the gift of supernatural power, and in return was to give up his soul to the evil one after his life was over
Read record →Cotton Mather detected a relation between Satan and the Indians, and he declares that certain of the Algonquins…
Cotton Mather detected a relation between Satan and the Indians, and he declares that certain of the Algonquins were trained from boyhood as powahs, powwows, or wizards, acquiring powers of second sight and communion with gods and spirits through abstinence fr
Read record →Of Market and High Streets, Newburyport, whose baskets and pots danced through her house continually and who…
of Market and High Streets, Newburyport, whose baskets and pots danced through her house continually and who was seen “flying about the sun as if she had been cut in twain, or as if the devil did hide the lower part of her.” The hill below Easton, Pennsylvania
Read record →Moll Pitcher, a successful sorcerer and fortune-teller of old Lynn, has figured in obsolete poems, plays, and…
Moll Pitcher, a successful sorcerer and fortune-teller of old Lynn, has figured in obsolete poems, plays, and romances
Read record →Being a witch, and a notorious one, she could likewise curdle the milk as it came from the cow, and afterward…
Being a witch, and a notorious one, she could likewise curdle the milk as it came from the cow, and afterward transform it into blue wool
Read record →S of the French town, were annoyed by a crow, that flew over and around them, cawing harshly and disregarding…
s of the French town, were annoyed by a crow, that flew over and around them, cawing harshly and disregarding stones and shot, until it occurred to them that the bird could be no other than old Meg in another form, and, as silver bullets are an esteemed antido
Read record →One citizen kept her away from his house by nailing a horseshoe to his door, while another took the force out…
One citizen kept her away from his house by nailing a horseshoe to his door, while another took the force out of her spells by keeping a branch of “round wood” at his threshold
Read record →She lighted the windows for the king's birthday, and often from the cupola watched for a British fleet, heeding…
She lighted the windows for the king's birthday, and often from the cupola watched for a British fleet, heeding not the people below, who, as they saw her withered face, repeated the prophecy, with a laugh “When the golden Indian on Province House shall shoot
Read record →Jacob Hurd, stern witch-harrier of Ipswich, can abide nothing out of the ordinary course of things, whether it…
Jacob Hurd, stern witch-harrier of Ipswich, can abide nothing out of the ordinary course of things, whether it be flight on a broomstick or the wrong adding of figures; so his son gives him trouble, for he is an imaginative boy, who walks alone, talking to the
Read record →A prophet of the race had said, “So long as the white doe drinks at Onota, famine shall not blight the Indian's…
A prophet of the race had said, “So long as the white doe drinks at Onota, famine shall not blight the Indian's harvest, nor pestilence come nigh his lodge, nor foeman lay waste his country.” And this prophecy held true
Read record →Drawing his ramrod, the man gave his dog such a beating that the poor creature had something worth howling for,…
Drawing his ramrod, the man gave his dog such a beating that the poor creature had something worth howling for, because it might be the witch that he was thrashing
Read record →As he lay watching them through the sheeted rain a tall and painted Indian leaped on Devil's Altar, fresh…
As he lay watching them through the sheeted rain a tall and painted Indian leaped on Devil's Altar, fresh scalps dangling round his body in festoons, and his eyes blazing with fierce command
Read record →The young chief came forward, and as he did so the jeers and laughter changed to cries of astonishment and…
The young chief came forward, and as he did so the jeers and laughter changed to cries of astonishment and fear, for at each step he grew in size until he towered above them, a giant
Read record →It was said that she had taken pay for luring a girl into her old farm-house, where a man lay dead of…
It was said that she had taken pay for luring a girl into her old farm-house, where a man lay dead of small-pox, with intent to harm her beauty; she was accused of blighting land and driving ships ashore with spells; in brief, she was called a witch, and peopl
Read record →For some time he was missed from his haunts, and it was thought that he had secured a ship and set to sea…
For some time he was missed from his haunts, and it was thought that he had secured a ship and set to sea again; but a traveller on the sands, while passing his cabin in the small hours, had heard a more than usual commotion, and could distinguish the voice of
Read record →On one of his visits he stayed uncommonly late
On one of his visits he stayed uncommonly late
Read record →On a moonlight night Flood Ireson was roused by knocking at his door
On a moonlight night Flood Ireson was roused by knocking at his door
Read record →They believed him to be an angel sent for their deliverance, nor, till he had gone to his account, did they…
They believed him to be an angel sent for their deliverance, nor, till he had gone to his account, did they know that their captain in that crisis was Colonel William Goffe, one of the regicide judges, who, with his associate Whalley, was hiding from the venge
Read record →Goodwife Eunice Cole, of Hampton, Massachusetts, was so “vehemently suspected to be a witch” that in 1680 she…
Goodwife Eunice Cole, of Hampton, Massachusetts, was so “vehemently suspected to be a witch” that in 1680 she was thrown into jail with a chain on her leg
Read record →Moulton had cut the soles from the boots and the floor was knee-deep in money
Moulton had cut the soles from the boots and the floor was knee-deep in money
Read record →Longfellow makes the wraith of the long-buried exile of the armor appear and tell his story: He was a viking…
Longfellow makes the wraith of the long-buried exile of the armor appear and tell his story: He was a viking who loved the daughter of King Hildebrand, and as royal consent to their union was withheld he made off with the girl, hotly followed by the king and s
Read record →This scarred and windy spot was the home of the Indian giant, Maushope, who could wade across the sound to the…
This scarred and windy spot was the home of the Indian giant, Maushope, who could wade across the sound to the mainland without wetting his knees, though he once started to build a causeway from Gay Head to Cuttyhunk and had laid the rocks where you may now se
Read record →The boggy portion of North Kingston, Rhode Island, known as Swamptown, is of queer repute in its neighborhood,…
The boggy portion of North Kingston, Rhode Island, known as Swamptown, is of queer repute in its neighborhood, for Hell Hollow, Pork Hill, Indian Corner, and Kettle Hole have their stories of Indian crimes and witch-meetings
Read record →In a wood near Hopkins Hill, Rhode Island, is a bowlder, four feet in diameter, scored with a peculiar furrow
In a wood near Hopkins Hill, Rhode Island, is a bowlder, four feet in diameter, scored with a peculiar furrow
Read record →He started well, but on arriving at the magic circle the plough shied and the wooden landside--or chip, as it…
He started well, but on arriving at the magic circle the plough shied and the wooden landside--or chip, as it was called--came off
Read record →The conglomerate that strews the fields south of Boston is locally known as Roxbury pudding-stone, and,…
The conglomerate that strews the fields south of Boston is locally known as Roxbury pudding-stone, and, according to Dr
Read record →Was finally understood that Haddam witches, who practised black magic, met the Moodus witches, who used white…
was finally understood that Haddam witches, who practised black magic, met the Moodus witches, who used white magic, in a cave beneath Mount Tom, and fought them in the light of a great carbuncle that was fastened to the roof
Read record →If the witch-fights were continued too long the king of Machimoddi, who sat on a throne of solid sapphire in…
If the witch-fights were continued too long the king of Machimoddi, who sat on a throne of solid sapphire in the cave whence the noises came, raised his wand: then the light of the carbuncle went out, peals of thunder rolled through the rocky chambers, and the
Read record →When witchcraft went rampant through New England the Connecticut town of Haddam owned its share of ugly old…
When witchcraft went rampant through New England the Connecticut town of Haddam owned its share of ugly old women, whom it tried to reform by lectures and ducking, instead of killing
Read record →T of the ocean at its prow emerges something white that they say at first is a wave-crest rolling upon the…
t of the ocean at its prow emerges something white that they say at first is a wave-crest rolling upon the sands; but it does not dissolve as breakers do: it rushes on; it scales the bluff it is a milk-white horse, that gallops to the men, who inly wonder if t
Read record →He wanders about the island, a broken, miserable man, unwilling to live, afraid to die, refused shelter and…
He wanders about the island, a broken, miserable man, unwilling to live, afraid to die, refused shelter and friendship, and unable to reach the mainland, for no boat will give him passage
Read record →Turning into a path that led to the rear of the little church they were so dangerously near, he plied hands and…
Turning into a path that led to the rear of the little church they were so dangerously near, he plied hands and heels afresh, and in a few moments a wedding party was startled by the apparition of a black horse, all in a foam, ridden by a gaunt man, in torn ga
Read record →The Mohegans knew this wonder of natural masonry, for to this point they were pursued by a hostile tribe, and…
The Mohegans knew this wonder of natural masonry, for to this point they were pursued by a hostile tribe, and on reaching the gulf found themselves on the edge of a precipice that was too steep at that point to descend
Read record →When this discovery was made the chief, without a word, set off on the trail, and by broken twig, by bended…
When this discovery was made the chief, without a word, set off on the trail, and by broken twig, by bended grass and footprints at the brook-edge, he followed their course until he found them resting beneath a tree
Read record →Such an incident betokened the existence of some baneful spirit among them that had no doubt leagued itself…
Such an incident betokened the existence of some baneful spirit among them that had no doubt leagued itself with the women, who were at once tried on the charge of witchcraft, convicted, and sentenced to death at the stake, while a watch was to be set on the i
Read record →One Sunday morning Julienne surprised the people by appearing in church and publicly asking pardon for her…
One Sunday morning Julienne surprised the people by appearing in church and publicly asking pardon for her wrong-doing
Read record →These giants still exist, but in the form of conical rocks, one of which-called Sugar-Loaf, or Manitou's…
These giants still exist, but in the form of conical rocks, one of which-called Sugar-Loaf, or Manitou's Wigwam--is ninety feet high
Read record →Yet another version has it that the Great Spirit plucked a sand-grain from the primeval ocean, set it floating…
Yet another version has it that the Great Spirit plucked a sand-grain from the primeval ocean, set it floating on those waters, and tended it until it grew so large that a young wolf, running constantly, died of old age before reaching its limits
Read record →Courting having proved of no avail, he resolved on force when she had decided to enter a convent, and he went…
Courting having proved of no avail, he resolved on force when she had decided to enter a convent, and he went to one of the witches, who served as devil's agent, to sell his soul
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