| 单词 | hag |
| 例句 | When they got around to the front door, they found the grimy old hag playing a mouth harp with one hand while making her limberjack dance with the other. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She reached into her hag and pulled out her rat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They say he met vampires in the Black Forest, and there was a nasty bit o’ trouble with a hag — never been the same since. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z If not for Percy, those grotesque hags would have carried him away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Five of them were fluttering over the top of the dimes—plump little hags with pinched faces and talons and feathery wings too small for their bodies. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t want to touch it either. But we need to take it outside. I have a feeling Doc won’t be happy if he comes back to find a hag skin in his cabin.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Turns out Gran didn’t need the hag skin to make Dinah alive. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I also remembered what he said about hag skins—there was no way I could forget something so yucky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “They were a warning to keep you safe. There’s worse things than hags out there.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Harry supposed that as Hogsmeade was the only all-wizard village in Britain, it was a bit of a haven for creatures like hags, who were not as adept as wizards at disguising themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "I asked the old hag if the new bit of meat was any better and she said it was perfectly delicious! She said it was really tasty!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “The best thing that could happen is for you to lose Granny! She’s a poisonous old hag!” the She Elephant shouted. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the strong and vibrant young woman she should be, the mother Gabe deserved, she was now an ancient hag waiting for death. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If you mean the hag in the middle, yeah,” I said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The hag hissed in outrage, and Tyrion got a lick of the whip across his back, a stinging cut that drove him to his knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With care, I snipped away the stitching that held on the hag skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Kill us if you choose, you evil hags!” he cried. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Piper thought it was a cruel joke that a hag like her would be named Hagno, but she decided not to say that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If I took off the hag skin, would Dinah be just like any other doll? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Some of these Navy men had been trained by her, but that didn’t stop them from playing tricks on her and calling her a “witch” and a “hag.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A few people walked out carrying canvas hags and fancy folders. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Get a move on, you old hag,” he said. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Suppose this hag skin wasn’t just for protection but was also what made Dinah move? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “What? You’ve been going to school with a hag in disguise?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The little pouch the old hag had given me—with the cross of lead—remained. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z If the queen should bolt or balk, the three hags would drag her back inside, and this time they would see to it that she never left her cell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She was a shriveled hag with bat wings and claws and a mouth full of yellow fangs, and she was about to slice me to ribbons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The old hag looked so wretched and smelled so foul. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And there they sat, these two ghastly hags, sipping their drinks, and every now and again screaming at James to chop faster and faster. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were still the same—I guess those couldn’t get any uglier— but their bodies had shriveled into leathery brown hag bodies with bat’s wings and hands and feet like gargoyle claws. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Just then, a waiter came in with a plate in his hand and I heard him saying, "The old hag on table fourteen says this meat is too tough! She wants another portion!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Under Dinah’s headscarf, the little patch of hag skin was gone, leaving a paler brown piece of cloth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Percy jabbed Riptide at the nearest shriveled hag, but she only sneered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The hag skin was a smooth blue color against the brown fabric and felt cool when I touched it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “The night hag take thee!” shouted the other. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The winged hags pressed in, their breath sour, their eyes burning with hatred. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The creature looked almost exactly like one: a wrinkled hag with batlike wings, brass talons, and glowing red eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t even need my notebook—I had just rewritten the information about how to deal with hags. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The village hag, she was a tiny, stooped woman with a dull red mark on her right cheek and wayward hairs upon her chin. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Did you get my Precious Moments sleeping hag?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Stories circulated that she had conjured grave magicks to make herself look far younger than she actually was and that beneath her youthful face lurked the scowl of an elderly hag. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes they say, “I look like an absolute hag,” and sometimes, “I look like Haggis McBaggis.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I hated her instantly too, for I saw her plain for what She was: a hag, a stooping harpy, a feaster on the flesh of beloved brothers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Why have you pinned your little heart to an old, ugly hag like me?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “How is she still teaching? Do you remember those notes I hid all over her classroom that said, ‘You’re an ugly hag, and you’ll die alone.’?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z A dozen or so trolls began to smash apart the chamber with their clubs, while hags glided about the place in search of children to eat. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Could Gran have been the one who took a piece of the hag skin? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Gotta go wash my hands,” she said as she left her hag on the chair next to mine. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Faster and faster, the little hag’s fingers flew, but the dark was already lifting from the night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He had to keep these leathery old hags focused on him and protect Annabeth as long as he could. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There were only three of those, and these winged hags didn’t carry whips. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s go and have a look,” said Harry, pointing to a large patch of tents upheld, where the Bulgarian hag — white, green, and red — was Buttering in the breeze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It looks like that person is taking something out of a hag. What is it?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Fletcher comes at her story obliquely, through the eyes of the eponymous Corrag, whose curious name is an amalgamation of her mother's – Cora – and the epithet most frequently thrown at her, hag. Corrag by Susan Fletcher | Book review 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z She escaped the witch, showing her mettle, But her brother’s in not-so-fine fettle: Grew a long, grasping tail While the hag brewed her ale. Style Invitational Week 1348: Same Difference 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Of the many names assigned to the Jewish holiday of Passover, one of the best — maybe, most hopeful — is hag h’aviv, “the holiday of spring.” Opening Day: Spring’s other religious holiday 2013-04-01T22:13:00Z One minute you look into the mirror and see a hag, and the next a princess. Music Review: Idina Menzel at Carnegie Hall 2013-01-16T18:07:19Z While other people might see her as a “marginal sexless hag,” the female loser finds herself interesting. I Love Dick on television marks the rise of the female loser 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z I find myself buying into our cultural concept of age, which says I’m ugly now, a hag. At What Age Is Love Enthralling? 82 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Her mother, in particular, is a joyless hag. Book review: ‘The Boston Girl,’ by Anita Diamant 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Another reason why she refrains from taking off her makeup before bed is for her longtime husband Carl Dean: “I don't want to go to bed looking like a hag with Carl,” she said. "Behind the Seams": 6 major revelations about Dolly Parton's famed "town tramp" sense of style 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z One day, Ellie ventures farther up the mountain, where she discovers not only the source of the carvings but a woman whom other settlers call “the hag.” Girl Moves Mountains After Mountain Moves Her 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z James was shaken by the attack, writing to a friend about “the vicious hag” who “got at me thrice over before the tomahawk was stayed. I naturally feel very scalped and disfigured.” Henry James, a Poohbah Who Painted With Words 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The “hags,” as they call themselves, have different areas of interest. Laughing All the Way to the Wellness Industry 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z We flee, avert our eyes, cataloguing her as the “marginal sexless hag,” or worse, the bag lady on the street. I Love Dick on television marks the rise of the female loser 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The women in your plays are such hags, darling; absolute witches and hags, if you don't mind my saying so. Westwood by Stella Gibbons 2011-07-29T21:53:01Z Yes, there’s an old hag fortuneteller — played by narrator Jamie Smithson, in an example of the show’s broad Fractured Fairy Tales approach to comedy — who forecasts good things and bad things. Review | The romantic musical ‘Fly by Night’ will pull the rug out from under you 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z “I remember on ‘30 Rock’ they did a little thing where Lemon walks in front of the HD camera, and it’s like, she’s a skeleton hag. Happy 100th Birthday, 16-Millimeter Film 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z That monologue, if you recall, compares the alleged nobility, honesty, kindness and decency of men with the “exasperating, irritating, vacillating, calculating, agitating, maddening and infuriating hags” of the opposite sex. Music Review: Betty Buckley at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-10-06T19:55:50Z She tells him she’ll show him the way and steps into the flames, only this time she turns into a withered hag and burns up. At What Age Is Love Enthralling? 82 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Sherman, 57, has become everything from career woman to clown, beauty to hag, doll to dead, playing with disguise and stereotypes. Cindy Sherman 2011-03-08T00:05:33Z “I loved being the old hag,” she said. Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 82 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Snow White and her ilk were largely defined by a sweet, vapid innocence that emerged barely ruffled by the various hags and handsome princes they encountered on the road. Finding emo: why the metaphysical mouldbreaker Inside Out will send kids out of their mind 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Even Ms. Streep’s vindictive hag is not entirely wicked. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z “And everyone knows that that’s the beginning of turning into a crazy hag with breast implants and lipstick drawn way beyond the lips.” ‘Wonderland,’ by Stacey D’Erasmo Eager for another hit, the Warner studio pressures Bob Aldrich to bring back Bette Davis and Joan Crawford for yet another “hag horror” movie. What’s on TV Sunday: Jonah Hill in ‘War Dogs’ and ‘The White Queen’ Marathon 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The story also saw a first, as Diana Rigg and her daughter Rachel Sterling appeared on screen together, as nefarious hag Mrs Gillyflower and her put-upon daughter Ada. Doctor Who: Journey to the Centre of the Tardis – series 33, episode 11 2013-05-04T18:15:01Z When she goes to bathe in the river, she is watched by the guerrillas who taunt her, calling her an old hag. Even Silence Has an End by Ingrid Betancourt 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z I’m at the point now where I wouldn’t be cast as anything but the old hag, or the mother the men hate. Ann Magnuson on Hollywood’s “horrific” roles for women: Now, “I wouldn’t be cast as anything but the old hag, or the mother the men hate” 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Estés — a psychoanalyst, poet and cantadora, or “keeper of old stories” — draws from Jungian archetypes, hag lore and wildlife observation to build an alternative feminine mythology. The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Ginger and Kennedy were cast as the hags with their: “This is a job title. It’s not have a cheque and have fun,” routine. RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season seven, episode 12 – And the Rest is Drag 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The Sand Snakes continue to exist, Jon stays resolutely dead, and Melisandre reveals her true form to be a withered hag. Valar dohaeris! Every Game of Thrones episode – ranked 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The hag who is the opposite to the perfect Venus or Madonna, and who has her badness almost written on her body. Witches fly high in major summer show 2013-03-22T13:00:59Z I dug that he nicknamed me his "old sea hag" with "violent eyes" and "breeder's hips," casting him as my Canadian Ted Hughes. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z As Meryl Streep recently commented at the Berlin Film Festival, after 40, women are generally asked to play “hags and witches.” As Sally Field aged, her parts got less interesting — until ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Other 19th-century abortionist characters proliferated, variously characterized as "murderess," "hag," "she-devil" and "the instrument of the very vilest crime known in the annals of hell." How 19th-century literature spread the archetype of the "evil abortionist" 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Tired of playing unsympathetic or over-the-hill women — “I’ve played so many old hags most people think I’m 65 years old,” she quipped at 41 — she turned to theater work. Angela Lansbury, Broadway luminary and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ star, dies at 96 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Early theories from art historians claimed they were grotesque hag figures to warn against the sins of lust – a way of keeping the minds of churchgoers and monks pure. Big vagina energy: the return of the sheela na gig 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Among those spirits are hags, fearsome creatures that walk among people but also shed their skin to become invisible, and smother unaware sleepers in their beds. ‘Haint blue’ porch ceilings have a tough history to track 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z “Room for Rent” straddles the line between 1960s style “hag horror” and an earnest character study, laced with pathos. Reviews: Poignant thriller ‘I’ll Take Your Dead,’ a tragic hockey ‘Tough Guy’ and more 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z She is usually depicted as an elderly hag living in a hut standing on giant chicken legs, a trait that made it into the film. Stalin cut from Russia's Hellboy film 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z There are all sorts of moral reasons why it's wrong that our society treats aging women like old hags and flatters men with lies about how they're like fine wines. Lessons of Maria Butina: Are men too easily flattered by young women to be trusted with power? 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Listen, the manufactures of such braces should be aware that they are marketing to experts, because no one knows invisibility like us over-25 hags. Perspective | Having braces as an adult is like finding the fountain of youth 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Online harassers have called her a “sad, little mediocrity,” an “ugly fake scientist” and an “old thin-looking hag.” As Climate Scientists Speak Out, Sexist Attacks Are on the Rise 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z “The days of the housewife hag image are over,” she declared. Bill Shine, Trump’s Top Communicator, Was Questioned by Federal Prosecutors 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “Carnoustie is like an ugly, old hag who speaks the truth no matter how painful,” Watson once said. The Open returns to the nasty links of Carnoustie 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Sycorax, the witch mother of Caliban, is from Algiers, and though she never appears in the play, she is a harrowing, hideous figure, a “blue-eyed hag”, who is hunched over with “age and envy”. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z She has made multiple attack ads criticizing the New York Times, calling the newspaper an “old gray hag” and almost setting a copy of the paper on fire on camera. Who is Dana Loesch? The NRA's defender after the Florida shooting 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Innocent children, being neither sinful nor virtuous, rely on a kindly Buddha to make their passage, and to protect them from the depredations of hags and demons. The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z People said things like “Ya hag, I’m an engineer and after five years of university, I’m working as a waiter in a restaurant.” Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z “I think people are afraid to say ‘hag.’ Forget soaking up the experience. U.S. Mid-Am champ Stewart Hagestad took down a jinx at the Masters - Golf Digest 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z They are repulsive “midnight hags”, with skinny lips, chapped fingers and beards. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z On HBO’s “Getting On,” it was a transgressive jolt to see an elderly actress like June Squibb wrestle naked with an automatic door—in an all-biddy ensemble, no one has to play the hag. “Feud”: A Bittersweet Beauty 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Even the Olsen twins weren’t immune from Walk of Fame haters when, in 2009, their shared star was defaced with the invective “fur hags!” With Donald Trump's Walk of Fame star smashed, what other stars have been sullied? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z While watching the debate Wednesday in a restaurant-bar in New York City, she heard a man say, “Look at that hag,” referring to Clinton. Voters react to ‘nasty woman’ remark with disgust, mockery 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z While watching the debate Wednesday in a restaurant-bar in New York City, she heard a man say, "Look at that hag," referring to Clinton. Voters react to 'nasty woman' remark with disgust, mockery 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z One voter at a Donald Trump rally described her to The Washington Post’s Jenna Johnson last week as “an angry, crotchety old hag.” Hillary Clinton is a 68-year-old woman. And plenty of people hate her for it. 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The fabled Mrs Pratchett was immortalised by Roald Dahl as "a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip, little piggy eyes and a mouth as sour as green gooseberry". Who inspired Roald Dahl's Mrs Pratchett character? - BBC News 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z While the drawings were certainly more congenial than calling Lennon a fur hag, the star was restored to pristine condition immediately. With Donald Trump's Walk of Fame star smashed, what other stars have been sullied? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Next, she plans on fixing her teeth so she can smile “without looking like an old hag,” she told The Post. Wanda Witter, 80-year-old homeless woman, paid $100K in owed Social Security 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z And the party hag will be sent off to a long-needed retirement of bitterness and scorn. CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump presidency would revive neutered Congress, restore power to the people 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z For when she removes her clothes and necklace, Melisandre transforms from a beautiful woman to an old hag. 'Game of Thrones' recap: The latest on Dany, Jon, Sansa and Arya 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z There’s a church in the second Dark Souls that serves as a comparative safehouse, watched over by a legless, wizened hag in tattered robes. What you need to know before playing Dark Souls III 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Women are also disproportionately targeted by advertising, told that we need more – especially in the area of beauty – if we’re not to be hideous hags too made-under to leave the house. Women are over-charged everyday. Imagine if that happened to men | Jessica Valenti 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The first section depicts the Cailleach Bheur, an old hag who, according to Gaelic folklore, used to guard the spring underneath the mountain. Hidden treasure: the modernist mural buried in a Scottish mountain 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z In the next painting, supernatural shapers of the world reveal themselves, but they are grinning hags floating eerily above a lifeless landscape in the dead of night – the Fates, arbitrary and uncaring. Goya in hell: the bloodbath that explains his most harrowing work 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Then there’s the dinosaur sent by Satan to pester the hags. Studio proves art, disabilities are matters of perspective 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z “I received e-mails saying ‘Let the hag burn’ and calling me a ‘negro-gypsy-whore,’ ” Reschke, a white ethnic German, said in a telephone interview. Germany unnerved by scores of xenophobic attacks against refugees 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z And this is a major part of the problem: no exec wants to publicly say: “Laura Dern? That old hag? Get out of my office!” Is Hollywood afraid of older women? 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Her stubbornness awoke however, and she said to herself: “Are you going to risk leaning to your own death, stupid old hag!” Uzbekistan's unmentionable writer 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z And when the snow melts, exposing more rock, I said, the glacier turns into a skinny old hag called Awicha. A Fortune at the Top of the World 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z “Come on, you hags. Like I need you! I was just trying to help whoever fell down, and you’ve gotten all excited!” Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z The poster featured song lyrics, "Die die my darling" and the slogan, "Bag a slag, grab a hag". 'Bag a slag' poster ban criticised 2014-02-07T12:08:55Z The Old Angel Inn in Nottingham used a poster with the slogan "bag a slag, grab a hag" to promote its event. 'Bag a slag' event forced to cancel 2014-02-06T12:16:53Z One cursed apple later, and she’s become a green hag with a penchant for maniacal cackling. 'Oz The Great And Powerful' Review: One Too Many Witches, One Too Many Love Triangles 2013-03-09T03:21:07Z Is there anything that can be done to breathe life back into the hag? Betaworks Burns $500,000 Upon Digg V1 Launch 2012-08-01T16:58:37Z All that, and a nice break from football to allow us to recharge our batteries and maybe rediscover a smidgin of affection for the childhood sweetheart who has turned into an avaricious self-obsessed hag. The Fiver 2012-07-20T14:54:27Z Presently they came to a natural cavern in the side of the mountain, and the old hag called aloud in a most discordant voice for her horse! Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z The old hag, when she finished her curse, turned upon her heel, and in a moment afterwards my daughter and me saw her going through the gate in the form of a large black monkey. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The old hag who had opened it protested when she saw Sylvia, but Morera commanded her in Spanish to bolt it, and she seemed afraid to disobey. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z What do you want here—you prying old hag? Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "Set me down here, sir," whined the hag, and Felgate having done so, she turned towards us. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z This great pile on the top of Cairn Thierna was caused by the words of an old woman, whose bed still remains—Labacally, the hag's bed—not far from the village of Glanworth. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z The hag uttered a terrible curse both on the baronet and on all his descendants. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z Ould woman an' mother, both!" screamed the little hag, starting up and shaking her crutch at the brothers; "this is worse than all. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z "Yes, he has a step-sister, I'm sorry to say, who has been brought up by a set of puritanical old maids—old hags, my poor sister used to call them." The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Then Drake, slapping me soundly on the back, exclaimed in excited tones: "Bethink thee, Aubrey, the old hag's words: 'Till the waters run dry'!" A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z It was the mighty Finn himself who lifted up his voice, and commanded the fatal candle of the hag Grana to be extinguished. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z Temptation by repulsive hags would not appeal to an up-to-date young man. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z “Nor I him, either,” was the significant reply, with a clenching of the fist and a grinding of the teeth, which proved how artfully the hag had worked upon Laud’s worst feelings. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z "Confound the old hag," muttered the discomfited mid, "if it were not a waste of good powder and ball, I'd make a riddle of her in the twinkling of a grog-can!" The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z An old woman in general; especially, an ugly old woman; a hag. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Had he beheld the slightest glimmer of its blaze, he, too, would have perished, and the hag Grana, with the morning's dawn, rejoiced over his corse. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z It was by petty acts of mischief that the withered hags of hell usually commenced their annoyance of those whose aspirations after purity had raised their devilish hate. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z If Farish hasn't told that old hag of a sister of his yet, it stays between you and me. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Swimming a witch was another expedient; in this ordeal the hag was stripped naked, and cross-bound, the right thumb to the left toe, and vice versâ. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z And one a foreground with three hideous hags, Each twice as tall as life, or higher, Medusa-monsters, clothed in wretched rags, And crouching round a fire. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, December 3, 1887 2012-03-09T03:00:20.130Z Then flew the charmed cap from the eyes of Regan, and he beheld the enraged hag, with outstretched arms, prepared to seize and whirl him after her candle. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z I am sick to death of the old hag. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z Come on down below and I'll get you some sort of a bracer from that sour-faced old Scotch hag with the keys. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z This hag had lived to an old age, but was at length dragged from a monastery, in which she had sought a sanctuary, tortured, and duly strangled, after a confession of her crimes. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z His two comrades, less fortunate, were taken alive, and, with the hag who kept the house, were hanged within the hour on the elms in St. Austin's churchyard. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The ponderous stone fell harmless to the ground, for the leap of Regan far exceeded the strength of the furious hag. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z Then Michael took from his bosom the magic glass and looked through it, and saw no lovely child, but the same yellow hag with shrivelled face and evil eyes. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z Sir William holds that there are no witches, yet I once heard him curse a Huron hag for drying up his Devon cattle with a charm. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Obedient to the sound, from far and near, the withered beldams, toothless hags in short petticoats, white linen hoods, and conical high crowned hats, come flocking on flying broomsticks. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The hall into which they dragged me was the same dusty, desolate place into which, little foreseeing what would happen there, I had looked over the deaf hag's shoulder. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The hag Grana was never heard of more; but the stone remains, and deeply imprinted in it, is still to be seen the mark of the hag's fingers. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z Ay, and as I am a Catholic, praying beside old hags' beds till the lazy priest at the chapel has nought left to do for his month's meal! The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z My husband dragged me once to see a horrible old hag who lived like a savage in a den somewhere--I know not where. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z "You hag!" he cried, with lips which writhed under the effort he made to control himself. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z The door slid open under my hand, slowly wide open, and brought me face to face with an old toothless hag, whose bleared eyes winked at me like a bat's in sunshine. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z What a sorry spectacle is a harried mortal in the death-grip of the hags of At�! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The hag's aged eyes had not deceived her. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z She boiled with healthy wrath against the selfish old hag who was gone, and anger was a fillip to her energy. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z Abbesses are cross-grained, churlish hags, she seemed to say,--disappointed because youth has fled. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z For a moment the wild idea that she had become this thing, that death or magic had transformed the fair young girl into this toothless hag, was not too wild for me. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Let us banish the shriveled hags of superstition; let us welcome the beautiful daughters of truth and joy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z One man said something rude to Jug about her erring Biddy with the carroty poll, which sent the hag into a fury. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Perhaps, to discover Dinah North's place of concealment, or to ascertain if the old hag be dead. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z "What matters it," jeeringly returned the hag, "since his name is not the one you bear?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z And again the hag uttered her horrible laugh, which seemed still more so in the midst of a clap of thunder, while her miserable form looked more unearthly in the lightning’s flash. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z No such midnight hags crossed the paths of ordinary mortals. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The grinning fellows separated as the old hag came forward. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Ha, ha!" shrieked the hag, "my dream was true—my horrible dream. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z The foul hags of superstition, they seem also to have the attributes of the classical Fates. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z “There, lady; that is our first present,” croaked forth the old hag. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:15.267Z Addison goes on to draw the picture of a witch of the period, ‘Moll White,’ who lived in the neighbourhood of Sir Roger de Coverley, ‘a wrinkled hag, with age grown double.’ Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The hag was mumbling something or other, but Ruth could not hear what she said at first, the other girls were chattering so. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z We aren't going to stay here all night for you, you hag! What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z But Fate, the hag, growing jealous, no doubt, of Mary's popularity, now turned without so much as a snarl of warning and clawed the happy little household to the bone. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Fourth of the curs�d knot of hags is shee, Or rather all the other three in one; Hell's shop of slaughter shee do's oversee, And still assist the execution. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:22.977Z Hag, hag, n. an ugly old woman, originally a witch: one of the Round Mouths, allied to the lamprey.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z “My goodness, Ruth!” said Agnes, “what do you suppose that old hag of a Gypsy wants you for?” The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z The old hag answered in the same tongue, but in her shrill withered note, "You will bring him up to the religion, my little one, will you?" The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z The confectioner laughed at her and said, “Be off, you old hag, do you think khai can be had for five cowries?” Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z And, lastly, about the etymology of the word:—I find, in Bosworth's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, among a host of other meanings: "GRIMA, ghost, phantom, witch, hag." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 98, September 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-05T03:00:41.160Z Haggis, hag′is, n. a Scotch dish made of the heart, lungs, and liver of a sheep, calf, &c., chopped up with suet, onions, oatmeal, &c., seasoned and boiled in a sheep's stomach-bag. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z I would go over for the gown this time two years, but the old hag Necessity has got such a prodigious gripe of me that I fear I shall never be able to accomplish it. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z As I walk from the club, and am deep in a strophè, Which rolls upon all that's delicious in Sophy, I half tumble over an "object" unnerving— So frightful a hag must be "highly deserving." A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z The old, bald hag turned into the very Queen of Beauty herself! Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z On our requesting to be furnished with a light, a wrinkled old hag crept out of the hut, and handed us a piece of lighted wood. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The old hag threw down from the top of one of the stakes that supported the tent the quarter of some animal; whether dog, guanaco, or whatever, was past imagining. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z It may be connected with a verb “to hag,” meaning to cut in small pieces, and would then be cognate ultimately with “hash.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z At that, the infernal old hag stopped, looked at me, and began to laugh. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z Instead of the old hag we imagined she would be, we were agreeably surprised to find a young girl of very prepossessing appearance, who smiled pleasantly on us, shook hands and made signs. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Truffaldino assailed the hag with a variety of insults, and finally sent her sprawling with her legs in air. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Then said the sheriff, enraged: “This devil’s hag will not always deny, let her be put on another bench for the torment!” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z "And so a body should, my fancy boy," the hag answered. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He contented himself with locking her in a room, where the shockingly ugly old hag brought her food. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z She was a very unpleasant-looking old woman, old and grisly, and very much in want of soap and water: quite unpleasant-looking enough to be called a "hag"--and she smelt of gin. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z She looked and moved like a hag of ninety. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z And now e megale bestows a trifling largess upon the hag, who has also dined off the relics of our feast. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z "This way, my fancy, this way," wheezed the hag, as she waddled towards the courtyard where the noise was growing louder every minute. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z And well he might, too, for the old hag was none other than Suyettar who had been waiting all these years just for this very chance to do further injury to Kerttu and her brothers. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z I suppose that old hag told you you had better before I came to you? A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z A hag, who might be a hundred, clutches your arm, and looks into your face with her cunning black eyes as she begs for alms. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z And the hag brought some heavy mats and quilts, and spread them on the floor of a little whitewashed out-house. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Haven't you seen those old hags who've never surrendered to Anno Domini, with their poor, thin, wrinkled cheeks covered with paint, and the dreadful wigs that hide a hairless pate? Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z “But sister, sister,” the two old hags asked, “how will you get them?” Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z Suppose that old hag has gone off and left me alone in the house with that--that dead man. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z Fell hag! thy boding screech Too surely sped. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z He telleth it thus, in no more words, no fewer: 'I cast dice with Three; three grisly hags, and I lose, though the tesser� were cogged!' Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z The old hag's out at the gate now waiting for me. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z It was well he was cautious for inside the hut was Suyettar herself talking to two other old hags. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z At these words the old hags were thrown into such a state of fury that one or two died of rage there and then. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z “Surely she can’t be travelling with that old hag,” he thought to himself, as he looked at Mrs Hemp. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z I cast dice with Three; three grisly hags, and I lose, though the tesser� were cogged. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z You are still mad about being—being frightened that night, and that old hag finding out about it. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z “And who is the awful looking old hag that has come with you?” he asked pointing at Kerttu. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z Suddenly an ancient hag arose from the group of witnesses and bounded into Court. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Our poetry, said the Schlegels, is superannuated; our muse is an old and wrinkled hag; our Cupid is no fair youth, but a shrunken, grey-haired dwarf. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z And yet, this pale, withered, stiff, meagre hag, so odious, so tyrannical, so irascible, but a few years,—in my calculation!—but a few years since,—had all the enchantment of blithe, blooming loveliness! The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z I never mentioned it till now, but that meddlesome old hag actually knew about my ailment long before I let it out to a soul. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z It looked like an old hag who was singing but the voice that came out of the withered mouth was the voice of a young girl. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z Then the maiden descended, and we found that she was not the hag of the Iron Wood, but a Saxon girl fleeing from the Dane.” A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z These sweetie wives were not young by any means—save one or two— “But withered beldames, auld and droll, Rig-woodie hags would spean a foal.” Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z We saw nothing of the hag, having left Master Weasel, some distance in our rear when we visited the Chapel. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z On the night of the 8th we captured a miserable old Polish hag, busily engaged in robbing the dead who lay unburied. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z So saying, her staff changed to a broom-stick, and with a fizz and a bang the old hag shot up into the sky like a rocket. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z But I carried double weight: jealousy is a heavy hag, and I was hag-ridden morn and eve and all the livelong day to boot. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The priest crossed himself once more, and said with a sigh— "I fancied you were orthodox, because you were so zealous about the hags and witches." 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z A culverin is but the whiff of an oaten pipe, compared with a hag upon her broomstick. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z And he was going from me: only God and the old blind hag Fate knew if I should ever see him again. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z And as it sang, the old hag crept back from the well, and stood in the middle of the road, with a terrible look on her face. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z A married man," quoth Nick, "and wedded to that old hag, Tyranny. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Azrael looked at the hag with contracted eyebrows, half raised herself upon her elbows, and sought in her golden girdle for the malachite handle of her little dagger. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z This misfortune brought upon me an attack o' hypochondriacism; and Melancholy, wi' a' her attendant hags, hounded me, as they say, frae house to hame. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Fate is an old hag with a basket full of painted apples. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z ‘I have been all the way out to Windmill, and I could not see Friday and Little Saturday anywhere,’ cried the Little Mother, shaking the old hag roughly by the shoulder. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z The old hag promised to help them, enchanted some apples, laid them in a basket, and went to the lonely tower in which the maidens lived. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z Lassitude and Languor, horrid hags, simply pick up their trailing skirts and scuttle out of any room into which he enters. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z She's an old hag, with a glass eye and false teeth. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z The old hags who robbed the house escaped punishment, though made to disgorge their plunder. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z ‘Your feet are too dirty,’ protested the old hag. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z I thought I saw Lucy Walters change from a beauteous nut-brown maid, with skin fair and smooth, and altogether lovely to behold, into a hideous corrupt-looking hag. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z But tell him that that flower which was her face Is shriveled up and lean as any hag's. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Witches are usually thought of as being old hags, but from portions of these statements it seems that Hanna was not an ordinary witch. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z In the dusk the old hag either did not recognise him, or perhaps did not care if she did. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z ‘The witch is out of sight!’ cried Monday, as the old hag and the little grey-bird disappeared round a corner. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z As one watches for a fair girl that comes forth a withered hag, so all these high-born fancies dwindled into nothing; faith in man, freedom, virtue, motives, power, human loves, all vanished. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z And you didn't use to look like a hag, neither, Padie. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Rouse not my wrath; and thou, thou gossiping hag, Back to thy room and give thy tongue a rest, Else it will swell and choke thee. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z Probably, in all their days, the two old hags had never so thoroughly enjoyed themselves as when thus turning everything upside-down, and rioting at their will. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z "You hag of hell, who are you to use that name?" House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z “The hag that gave these three abortions birth, Unmotherly mother and unwomanly Woman,” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Slowly the door opened and an old hag stepped into the room. Molly Brown's Freshman Days 2011-07-12T02:00:31.110Z So she visited an old hag named Sch�ndelwein, who was a reputed witch, and to whom she confided her trouble. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Jane, the snuff-taking old hag, whom May so detested, with low cunning kept the event secret from the household, excepting a crony who acted as nurse, and was glad enough to assist in plunder. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Then turning aside he said: "How the hag raves." The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Had Pompilia even then fronted him in the doorway in her weakness, had even Pietro opened, he had paused; but it was the hag, the mother who had wrought the mischief, who appeared. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z And, cursing and growling, the hag shuffled off down the road. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Two squaws now stepped forward—hideous hags whose long flattened breasts fell in disgusting flaps below their waists. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z “Come in, you!” shouted the old hag, without going to the door. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Then a frightful hag stepped in front of the prisoner, and, amid a torrent of invective, began brandishing a butcher-knife within an inch of his nose. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z "That crooked hag," thinks she, "has made me truckle to her!" she exclaimed, as her aunt and her niece drove off, on the night that Agnes first took up her abode with Miss Compton.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z Compare her for one moment with Mrs. Sinclair in Clarissa, or the old hag in Dombey and Son, and the effect produced by comic treatment at once becomes evident. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z With a wild-beast laugh, the two fiend-like hags approached the new victim, their reeking knives in hand, the yells and roars of the crowd urging them on. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z “Get out, you!” to the ancient hag, who reluctantly walked from the room, but left the door ajar. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Do you hear, tiger-cat; do you hear?” screamed the hag in a frenzy of rage. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Soon he saw an old hag coming with a brush in her hand, and an open vessel hanging from her neck by a string. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Calling the woman a lying “hag in a hat,” Mr. Alekseyev charged offstage, stamping a hole through the set as he left. The Saturday Profile: Russia?s Best-Known Gay Activist Has an Uphill Fight 2011-06-18T02:41:12Z Then everything was soon set right between them, and if they could only get rid of the old hag, he would be free. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Mather called her rampant hag, and hence much of Christendom has been influenced to contemplate her with aversion. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z “Don’t let the old hag frighten you,” he retorted, lightly. The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade 2011-06-01T02:00:25.733Z "Who is this," cried the youngest son of the old hag, "who has dared to put out my lights, and interfere with my hereditary right?" Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z A terrible fright seized him, for he saw the old hag's eyes sparkle in an extraordinary way. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Well! the first person he found in the street was an old hag, and she carried a basket with a cover. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z This point is reached in the Servian narrative, where the hero's fortune is a hag given to him as his luck by fate. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Gag yonder hag, or drag her hence—I'll have No withered woman's voice of spite exclaiming. Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems 2011-05-26T02:00:17.117Z After midnight the old hag, enraged at the delay of her sons, started and shot through the air like lightning, more swiftly than her sons. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z He seized a stick that was lying on the ground, and began to belabour the hag with all his might. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The third morning the lad set off, and just as he got into the town he met the same old hag with her basket on her arm. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z I am a child of destiny, I always think—at least, the old blind hag seems to have been at some pains to fling me about from pillar to post. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z “Who is he?” with eyes they question; “Who is he?” they ask aloud; Hush! a wizened hag comes hobbling, Panting, through the wondering crowd. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z If you can kill her save her blood, for nothing in the world can free us from this place and open the door of the castle but the blood of the old hag. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Eying Mercy from the door of her den, the old hag thought her appearance indicated one quite able to afford a fee, and proportionate to the idea was the sibylline wrath. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z The man was up at dawn again, and he had not got well into the town before he saw the old hag with her basket. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The foreboding words and wild laugh of the hag sunk deep into the soul of the young man. Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z The old hag had said: “He will give to the country with one hand more than all the rest could give it with two.” Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z The queen of the Wilderness, an old hag that has them now. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The hag was satisfied with the effect of her fierce prophecy—one she had often vented on like occasions, and looked at the coin with greedy eyes, chattering her teeth, and smacking her lips. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z So he took the boat and rowed across, and there he saw an old hag, who called and roared. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z They told us that the wretched old hag who had come from Dundee had five female lodgers, with only two gowns among them all, and that they were of the poorest and most degraded class. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z You know that type of woman—saintly hag! Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z The old hag, the queen of the Wilderness, lives in a round tower, which is always turning on wheels. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The spirit never lies," said the hag, taking the shilling; "but he sometimes explains his words. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z So when they got well on the bridge, the trap-door tipped up with the bride and all the other old hags who were her bridesmaids. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Its sole occupant was a frightful-looking hag, apparently more than seventy years old, a mass of rags and filth, with an uncovered hoary head, whose long locks were tangled with neglect and dirt. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z On the night in question neither the Park hag, nor its constable, were encountered along the drive. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z "I left the old hag and the castle behind, but the skin grew to me and I wear it to this day." Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The old hag knelt down by the fountain-side, and bent over the water until she nearly touched it with her lips, mumbling some incantation. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Just then came up the old hag out of the hillock, who hobbled along with her stick, whose nose and mouth met, and whose head nodded. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z The door was at length opened—not until the knock was repeated; a hag, who appeared at least seventy years old, being the tardy janitrix. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Sure to be some old hag here with a well-filled stocking, though it may take time to discover it. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z One day Fin went out walking alone, and he met an old hag by the way. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z A beautiful fairy queen may suddenly transform herself into an ugly old hag with black and white face and garments, as did the fairy who carried off Thomas the Rhymer to the Underworld. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Well! if she must know, there lived the old hag who had bewitched King Valemon, the white bear, and in three days she was to hold her wedding feast with him. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Remember thy connexion with the hag Who fell on Compeigne's field, men's awe of thee— Confess the truth—declare what witchery used. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z They soon reached the old hag's dwelling, which was a stone hut, built on a projecting part of the high rock, about half way up. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z When he came in front of the old hag she asked him had he the gifts. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z She took the path that led to the Mexican quarters and ten minutes later entered the hut where Bella, the skinny old hag who was the wife to Miguel Zaloa, was busy with her work. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z So when the old hag set her eyes on the napkin, she wanted to buy it, 'For all their roasting and boiling is worth nothing, we have too many mouths to feed.' Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Instantly the old hag stretched out her head, from behind the other kettle, and this was more than a warning. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z But Praxedis now approached the window, and humbly dropping a low curtsey to the old hag, explained to her that she did not come from hell, but from the Hohentwiel. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z The old hag was preparing to sit on the chair as she saw him coming. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z She had not actually anticipated trouble, and she had respected her promise to the old hag to keep the Cherub’s name out of it. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z So when he had seated himself to rest at his ease, under a spruce by the roadside, up came an old hag hobbling, who asked what he had in his scrip. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z At a sign Beudant took the handkerchief, and, throwing himself upon the old hag, pressed it tightly to her nostrils. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z "A moderate overflow of gall, gives new strength to such old hags, and it is doing them a kindness, if one helps them to effect such a crisis." Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z The old hag pulled out a pack of cards and said: "Here you have the means of playing as many games as you like." Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The old hag stared at him for a moment in silence, as she dug again at her dishevelled locks. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Then the old hag said again, 'Come on with me to my third sister. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z Perdition seize cards, dice—every cursed tool of fortune—that infernal—blind—partial hag! Fontainbleau 2011-03-30T02:00:17.797Z She knew them well, for the old hag, was the woman of the wood. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z He wasn't there long when he saw an old hag coming into the house. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z “Anybody might suppose I have drank a river, to hear the old hag talk like that,” he snarled. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z So as they sat there up came an old hag out of a hillock, and begged for a morsel of meat. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z I tell you the German U-boat captains are as good men as ever the hag War breeds. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z “Go in, my child of Egypt,” said the hag—“go in; that is my little stable.” The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Between you and me," said Fin, "it would have been as well if you had let the old hag alone. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z “I wish the devil would take the old hag,” he retorted. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z The old hag said no one had ever called her 'granny' these hundred years, and she would be as a mother to him in her turn. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z We were to be the victims of a grand spectacle, and these infernal hags were exulting in the prospect of the sport our sufferings should afford them. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z A bevy of hags squatted about the platform and pointed their lean fingers at the miserable prisoner. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z In they went and saw no one inside, only a tall old hag. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Good thing to rid the place of the hag. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Yokels in blue smocks, old hags in white bonnets, And livid urchins smoking pipes picked up, All of them jostle, jump, and grunt like pigs. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z “Mistress Leary?” said the vulgar-looking hag before me, “lift here five year ago.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z "Could you arrange to have Linda and the old hag out of the house when Bruce gets back?" The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z At this thought he sprang up and seized the hag. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Go bring the villagers, and bid them fling this hag into the Thames and pelt her with stones when she rises. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The hag had ceased her cries when the two young men had grasped the horses' bits. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z "Let go, you hag, or I'll——" With a wrench and a kick he freed himself, and made a dash for the river. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z If you want to get him in you'd better bring the old hag with you. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Diarmuid took courage, and with his last strength made one great effort, swept the head off the old hag and caught her blood in a vessel. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Then I might have a hope of seeing—speaking to some one—with heart less hard than Sister Ursule’s, and that other creature—a very hag!” Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z Nor did he hope to escape a typical Indian tirade from the two old hags who, so short a time ago, had been his not unattractive young wives. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z The old hag knows his name right enough, but she keeps it mighty dark. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Here poor Florimell entered, and found the hag seated on the ground, apparently busied in magic arts; she started up when she saw Florimell, stared at her, but said nothing. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z There is an old hag coming with a little pot. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z And since the old hag knew so much, she must know more. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The hags of the camp advanced and stripped the half-breed naked, in spite of his frantic struggles. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z "Why did ye call her my Lady?" muttered an old hag to one of the men near her; "sure, she's Henderson's daughter!" The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z When the hag saw the rich ornaments in Florimell's hair, and beheld how beautiful she was, she wondered greatly, and feared lest a goddess had found her way to the hut. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z Then the two made at one another,—the hag and Gilla. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z "By Jove! if it was only to escape that detestable hag, it 's worth while getting away." The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z She was an unkempt, wild old hag, and Lafond thought her mad. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z There's not a hag Or ghost shall wag, Or cry 'ware goblins, where I go; But, Robin, I Their feast will spy, And send them home with ho, ho, ho! Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z This monster the hag sent after Florimell, charging it not to pause until it found her, and either to bring her back or slay and devour her. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z When he saw this he thought to himself, "Isn't it a pity if an old hag puts me to death, me, who has put to death many a strong hero." Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z "Ayeh, it's a great sin, to be sure," whined out the hag, half insolently. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z "And if you have, Paul Friche," retorted the hag obstinately, "I paid you well for your friendship, both yesterday and the day before, didn't I?" Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Fiends, ghosts, and sprites, Who haunt the nights, The hags and goblins do me know; And beldames old So valé, valé! ho, ho, ho! Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z The company were all pleased with this proposal, and false Florimell and the hag were brought forward, whereupon all began to laugh. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z The old hag gave a scream which was heard all over the world, came to the ground and closed with Fin. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z By and by she heard them say that the old hag would surely be asleep by this time. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z My good friend Gideon was too much taken up with the vision of the hag to be brought back to calm reason. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z You can imagine the kind of noise the old hag made who owned them. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z An hour later, two of the sisters Archignat appeared, two skinny, shrivelled old hags, looking like witches in their dirty, greasy caps with the black-velvet bows. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Go to the castle, and say you can take the axe out of the old hag's head. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The "old hag" smiled grimly and got ready. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z The old hag was nowhere to be seen. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z And, as if all this were not enough, round the corner came an old lame hag whom she knew. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "Hold your tongue, you hag!" shouted Pratt, angrily, for Leo was as white as ashes and his face wore an expression of terrible agony. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z The old hag gave a shriek that was heard to the eastern world, and screamed: "Who has dared to interfere with me or my sons?" Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z I may be a burnt-out hag then, but I'll come back—when I have won the world—and you can have me and it.... She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The hag that you saw down there is the cause of all our misfortunes. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z The hag seized the image in one hand with a sort of fiendish glee, and commenced mumbling some inarticulate sounds. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z Each hag hung her mount by the bridle around his neck to a limb of one of the dead trees, and clapped her heels three times together before she descended to the ground. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z They took him to the hag, who was sitting upright in bed; her head was so sore she couldn't lie down. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z "The festival of Maloka," the old hag mumbled with a cunning smile. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z When I saw this, I said to myself, 'Ah! you old hag! The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z "Dance!" came in fresh command from the miserable hag behind me. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z Then the hags began to arrange their plans for the next day. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Fin ran out with the axe, leaving the old hag dead behind him. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z "He's P�l�'s son," the old hag answered, chuckling to herself with a horrible chuckle. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z Very good; the hag has seven hours' start of us. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z Obeying the old hag, I watched her sidle to the door already familiar to me in Yox's narrative; the door upstairs, I mean. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z As he paused to get his breath, an old hag with an evil face sprang up toward the victim and clutched at a streaming lock of hair. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Out came an old hag, and screamed, 'Who is it that worried the pet of this castle!' Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z Fool that I was to have believed that hag! The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z So the old hag got nothing by leading me astray that time.’ British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The old hag gave a grunt and looked gloatingly at the coins sparkling between her bony fingers. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z “I suppose that old hag sent you here to snoop and pry and annoy me!” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Then he took out the rod of enchantment from between the skin and the flesh, and threw the body and the head of the old hag aside. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The steward rewarded the old hag with gold, and hastened back to the King, and the King sent and commanded the archer to be brought before him. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z They partake somewhat of the aspect of the Hecate of Greek mythology, who rode on the storm, and was a hag of horrid guise. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z His column received supportive online replies from readers, one of whom wrote, “We’re becoming a nation of cackling hags, waiting for the next victim at the guillotine.” After 44 Years of Hurt in World Cups, England Wonders if Its Time Is Now 2010-04-27T17:57:00Z He then called out, Where is the old woman?—and she came; and he said to her, Dost thou know me, O malevolent hag? The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments "Your two sons," said they; "and we have killed all the champions of Alban and the old hag as well." Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The sewing-woman, a withered hag with a large parchment-coloured face in which her toothless jaws incessantly champed, rejoiced in the new intrigue. The Undying Past The Laird of Gosford, after cursing the aunt for an old Covenanting hag, had just put the question of abjuration to Jamie for the last time. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 At last I was fairly overcome, and threw myself head foremost into a peat hag, whilst my pursuer halted immediately over my person. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 He pillories the venal star-reader from the East and the Jewish hag who interprets dreams. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Is there in history a figure so lonely and despised as that of the woman, who, once the most beautiful in the world, crept back into her native land a withered hag? Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame It was some time before the old hag returned. The Undying Past I had suffered the old hag to rave thus far, out of mere astonishment. Idonia: A Romance of Old London The combat here is very like that of Finn in the cave of Keshcorran, but Arthur at last cleaves the hag in twain, and Kaw of North Britain takes her blood. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Who would have thought it of the old hag? Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Mrs. Costigan had now time to survey the old hag's person minutely. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The old hag caught him by the sleeve and pulled him forward towards the bed where she lay. The Undying Past "Well, the vile old hag deserved her fate, and poor Fleur-de-Marie is at least avenged!" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 Ere long a monster was seen approaching them, a “gnarled hag” with blazing, bloodshot eyes, a yawning mouth full of ragged fangs, nails like a wild beast's, and armed like a warrior. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Curses on the old hag Tigrina," he cried, "she is out on some expedition, and has left the Nurses locked within. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies When Mrs. C. had ended, the old hag remained a while as if in a deep reverie: at length she said— "Have you any of the milk in the house?" Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry "Now stay where you are, gracious madame," said the old hag. The Undying Past Martial, wishing to soften this hag, said to her, in a subdued voice: "Mother, I do not believe you are capable of this murder!" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 The disgusting brat, with his tawny cheeks and weasel face, enjoyed and participated in the mirth of the one-eyed hag. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 "Why, mother," said Rodolph to the old hag, "you have got some holy boxwood, I see, over your cuckoo," and he pointed with his finger to the consecrated bough behind the old clock. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 "Are you not the owner of the cattle I see yonder?" said the old hag, with a tone of voice and manner of gesticulation which plainly indicated her foreknowledge of the fact. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry The old hag had a flinty heart which nothing save money could soften, and he was without a sou. In Paths of Peril A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia In the meantime we will conduct the reader to the rendezvous which Tom, Sarah's brother, had with the horrible hag, the Schoolmaster's accomplice. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Why that hag should have gone to such lengths to deceive me I cannot even guess. The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec In spite of the close lookout of the Schoolmaster and the one-eyed hag, Rodolph, who walked before the hideous pair, exchanged a rapid and unperceived glance with Murphy as he got into the hackney-coach. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 The old hag had been previously aware of the fate of Rachel Higgins, but it was not known by what means she acquired her supernatural knowledge. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry She called her a spindle-shanked old hag and said she was going to tell the men about her false teeth. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Nothing frightened the old brute, he called me an old hag, and shoved me out-of-doors. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Now that hut was a den of thieves and that old hag was their housekeeper and there were twenty and seven in all of those thieves. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions "It is all right, my man,—I've done the trick!" cried the one-eyed hag, as she entered. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 The old hag went out, and, approaching the cow, commenced pulling hairs out of her tail, at the same time singing some verses in the Irish language in a low, wild, and unconnected strain. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry At these words the queen was seized with great grief, and the king's ire being roused, he commanded his guards to conduct the hag from his presence. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I I don't know what it is that makes you so much in earnest, my good lady," replied the old hag; "but it is a very simple story. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 For, lie fleshed in truth, She shrivels to a hag! Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems It is, and there is the cash," replied Rodolph; and then said to himself, "Has Murphy, then, been the dupe of this cursed old hag? The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 "Say nothing to her," said the hag; "give her whatever she demands, and leave the rest to me." Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry Then the hag prostrated herself before the queen, and begged with much fervour that she should intercede with the king for her, that he might milden her sentence. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I He's right, the boy is,—keep yourself quiet, fourline," continued the hag; "the ring and chain are solid, old No-Eyes, for they came from Father Micou's, and he sells nothing but the best goods. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 If it were the shot of Esa, or it were of elves the shot Or it were of hags the shot; help I bring to thee. The Old English Herbals The one-eyed hag and the little cripple went up the slippery steps. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Perhaps some old hag in the shape of a hare has been milking the cattle. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry "There is the road," the hag said, pointing to the north across the sandhills. In the Day of Adversity He laughed a little chuckling laugh as the hag exploded into a swarm of crabbed gipsy oaths. The Firebrand Thus refreshed, they had next to drain bowls of strong kava brewed by the fair hands of the hag's four lovely daughters. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Oh, talk of the old gentleman, and you see his horns," added the hag, as at the moment a man and woman entered the cabaret; "here they are,—the Schoolmaster and his companion. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 Strange and hateful offerings were an integral part of witchcraft, long before the hags of Macbeth brewed their charm, or the child in Horace famished to yield a spell. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus The quack is the most hideous of hags; he is a "falsehood incarnate." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII "Oh, it is not that," chuckled the hag, clutching the necklace fiercely, as a starving dog might fall on a bone, and concealing it instantly beneath her skirts. The Firebrand There, indeed, was Chester, riding down the road, full gallop, yet hardly with the air of one pursued by hags. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation "Not yet; the one-eyed hag does not know whether you are a thief or not?" The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 It took all his strength to tear the old Indian hag loose, for such it was. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure The strange irritability which he set down to the "hag Dyspepsia" made him resemble a patient in whom disease has produced a morbidly excessive sensibility. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII It is a hag whom Life denies his kiss As he rides questward in knight-errant wise; Only when he hath passed her is it his To know too late the Fairy in disguise. A Book of Epigrams And that hag, Vengeance, in a corner, charms. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes I'll skin her alive, that infernal old hag, if I can catch her! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 It is just as well I did sit up," I said, "or that old hag might have scalped me. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure "The Devil likes pretty girls and is not content with old hags like the herb-picker," was the coarse answer. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The old hag clutched at it eagerly, and as her dark eyes flashed fire, she thrust the money into a pocket at her side, and again broke out into a horrid laugh. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Life is at once a hag, weary, degraded, with tears on her cheeks and despair in her hollow eyes. Bye-Ways The old hag, amazed, looked at the louis one after the other, with an air of much doubt and mistrust. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 The old hag was pointing at me, with one long skinny finger and muttering; something that repeated the same words over and over again. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure These old hags hated Leon, and, consequently, from a comfortable home, he was about to become an outcast. A Modern Wizard But then, the words of the hag—the brief, half-uttered intimations of the priest—came to my memory. Jack Hinton The Guardsman "Of death I can understand, but not of love," muttered Passe-partout; "what a villainous hag it is!" Round the World in Eighty Days She was the most ugly, forbidding, wrinkled, toothless old hag one might meet in the course of a long life. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 I stood gazing at her in silence, and the old hag went on. The Induna's Wife What sort of aged and wrinkled hag shall I be by the time he gets even a third-class magistracy?” A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance One old hag, pointing her skinny hand at Roland, cried out:— "He shall be our king." Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine “We can’t lose any more time being fooled by these infernal old hags!” he cried. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War I walked over to where the woman—an old hag—was crouched on a bench in a corner, trembling with fear. With Ring of Shield I strove to restrain all semblance of anxiety, but the dim eyes of the old hag seemed to pierce my thoughts through and through. The Induna's Wife The devil, stupid or otherwise, introduces his spook; sorceresses and hags professing magic skill are everywhere. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Secretly, and with a growing sense of elation, I made frequent rendezvous with a foul hag whose very name was anathema to the churchly folk of Florence. The Medici Boots Three old hags were seated against one of the beehive shaped huts, otherwise the place seemed quite deserted. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War When we reached the Sanctuary I informed the old hag that I had been too late to save Catesby. With Ring of Shield Great broad-faced hags would reach over the waggons and hack at our warriors with axes and choppers, or hurl pans of boiling water over their naked bodies when they approached too near. The Induna's Wife It may be a bright kerchief, a bit of old-fashioned jewelry, or the neatly smoothed and braided hair of the wrinkled old hag who presides over the stale bread counter. The Children of the Poor Immediately a warrior stepped forward, and without a word, drove his great assegai through the hag’s body. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The hag’s parting words hinted at some mysterious and darkly horrible fate in store for his unfortunate cousin. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Want is an ugly old hag, and one cannot sit opposite her without catching a look of her features; but she 'll not subdue my courage, nor make me afraid to meet her eye. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly They 'll not deny that I gave them an ear for music' And the old hag laughed loud at her savage jest. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The magic of the old romances, which could make the most withered, deformed hag, appear as the most beautiful virgin, is every day verified in popular declamation. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The old hags, especially, kept up their dismal, quavering screech. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley A desperate plan had occurred to Eustace—to wrench the assegai from the hag’s hand and make a dash for the forest. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The single exception to this rule about metal is that small copper coins may be put in, to fee the old hag who guards the bank of the river of death. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition I shivered with disgust at the thought of those two witches—the middle-aged one and the hag. The Brightener "Oh, then, the devil thank you for that same," responded the hag, "sure, isn't it your trade?" Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Next morning she came with her mother, an old hag, dissipation and drunkenness written in every line of her face. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections “Thy weapon is bewitched!” cried the hag, in a terrible voice. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "Ye needn't be cursing that way," said an old hag, with a sack on her back, large enough to contain a child. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago It was he who dressed up for me a hag that nightly sate upon my pillow—a sure bedfellow, when my aunt or my maid was far from me. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Stunned by Death's twice mortal mace, No more on murder's lurid face The insatiate hag shall gloat with drunken eye! English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History And when she heard that, she gave one leap, and was out of the house, and they saw, then, it was an old hag she was. The Wind Among the Reeds Those in his immediate neighbourhood had flung themselves upon the doomed man and disarmed him almost before the words of denunciation had left the hag’s lips. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War There was no one but an old hag, tall and frightful, and she asked me, “What sort of person are you?” The Irish Fairy Book Like Puck, Shakespeare has invested Queen Mab with mischievous properties, which “identify her with the night hag of popular superstition,” and she is represented as “Platting the manes of horses in the night.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare As not much harm was done, perhaps the devil was let off easy this time, and the hags, his mistresses, suffered to extend their trade a little longer. Witch Stories Then Anne took from the hag her apron, that was a fine braw one with pockets, and said to her, 'This I shall retain till you have paid your son's fines. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway One of these was a man of some power, who had been able to oppose her magic with his own; only for a time, however—the hag took care to add. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The hag asked me, “Why is he bellowing?” The Irish Fairy Book The witches in “Macbeth” are probably Scottish hags. Folk-lore of Shakespeare "There she is!" he exclaimed; "there she is, in form and features, though inferior in demoniac expression to the hag that visited me last night!" The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Right carefully I kept the cover of every heather bush, peat hag, muckle grey granite stone, and waving clump of bracken. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway |
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