"Winds are raging fierce and high, Lurid lightnings wreathe the sky, Thunders roll and night is nigh, Ships 'mid storm…"

"We had been dressing the wee lassie one day is a graceful fairy-like of Aunt Ellen's devising, and maternal pride gav…"

"... The Corbie (or Raven) is sacred to the All-Father. The Katyogle (or Owl) is consecrated to the goddess of wisdom.…"

"An incantation against nightmare was once used over me by old Mam-Kirsty famed for her witchcraft."

"Will books, as we know them, come to an end? Yes, absolutely, within 25 years the digital revolution will bring about…"

"We like to think we're free in the ; that we're beyond the forces of advertising and social manipulation by market fo…"

"Communal living: Plato recommended it, 19th-century religious separatists tried it, anarchists and hippies spectacula…"

"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"

"Very few of the old s interfere with the duties of their assistants, but there be men who seem to think you have mere…"

"Three days at , and up anchor again; our next place of call being . Every one has heard of the , who tried to beat th…"