A Christmas Gift From Fairy Land (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Christmas Gift From Fairy Land There is something intrinsically delightful in these airy creations, whether of the imagination or the senses. Their agency was of a light, pleasing, and gentle character, and unlike the old Gothic superstitions, devoid of cruelty or malignity. In their kindness they were beneficent and even in their punishments, there was nothing to inspire terror, horror, or despair. All was diminutive in Fairy land; the little beings did not, like giants, ogres, and witches, indulge unnatural appetites, or deal in bloody atrocities. They were the creations of an age of comparative simplicity and innocence, and partook in the characteristics of pastoral gentleness. They were associated with flocks and herds, shepherds and shepherdesses; their delight was solitude; their harmonies those of nature; and their sports were in the silence of night, by the light of the moon. They were in truth, a pure and gentle race; the records of their agency in human affairs, afford the finest lessons of morality to the infant mind; the romantic air, the rich invention, and inspiring interest embodied in them, are in truth highly contrasted, with the greater portion of those abortions of mind and imagination, which have since superseded them, and over which our children daily pass to the region of Morpheus. But even those who are willing to acknowledge the existence of fairies in the Old World, sturdily deny that they have ever yet honoured the New with their presence. Absurd and foolish incredulity! Do not the elfin race love repose and liberty; and can it be supposed for a moment, that they could resist the temptation of the boundless solitudes of nature, and the generous freedom of this vast hemisphere? No. Every presumption is in favour of the authenticity of the following statement, which I proceed to lay before the reader, as well for the purpose of demonstrating the emigration of the fairies, as to account satisfactorily for the appearance of the following legends, as the dogmatical learned are pleased to call the authentic records of Fairy land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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