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Samuel Adams had given much thought; and in letters which he drafted for the Massachusetts Assembly, in the famous circular letter particularly, and in the letter of January 12,1769, sent to the Assembly's agent in England, Mr. Dennys De Berdt, Mr. Adams formulated a theory designed to show that the colonies were "subordinate" but not subject to the British Parliament.
Baring-Gould from Dodsley's "Poetical Collection." See "F. L. Record," vol. ii. p. 8; Baring-Gould, p. 547. Des Michels, p. 38; Kreutzwald, p. 212. See also my article on "The Forbidden Chamber," "F. L. Journal," vol. iii. p. 193, where the relations of the Esthonian tale to the myth of the Forbidden Chamber are discussed. Dennys, p. 98, "Gent. Mag. Lib." Trad. Pop." vol. iii. p. 566.
Eistedd." p. 225; White, vol. i. p. 126. Dennys, p. 140; "Corpus Poet. Bor." vol. i. p. 168; "Kathá-sarit-ságara," vol. ii. p. 453, cf. p. 577; White, vol. i. p. 88; Schneller, p. 210; Robertson Smith, p. 50. Gill, p. 265. "Indian N. & Q." vol. iv. p. 147. Romilly, p. 134; Landes, p. 123. Bent, p. 13. The Nereids in modern Greek folklore are conceived in all points as Swan-maidens.
A rather diverting story in which his sister was the heroine may be worth telling, if only because it was so characteristic of the period. In those days, as now, Husseys and Dennys were closely associated, and both my great-aunt and Miss Denny, known locally as the 'Princess Royal, were going to a ball.
Then he talked to them of the power of wealth for good, of the sacredness of such a trust talked as they had never heard him talk before of the Grace Conners, and the crippled Dennys, who needed elder brothers willing to acknowledge the kinship. When he had finished his mother kissed him and his father said, "It is for this, son, that mother and I have held the old hill yonder.
He was a rather commonplace person, about thirty years of age, and his education and manners were good if not remarkable. During his residence with the Dennys he had found time to fall in love with Alma, and they had been engaged and with Mr. Denny's consent. "Good morning, Lawrence. You're just in time for breakfast." "Good morning, sir. Thank you, no. I have been to breakfast.
The summer boarders had gone, and Marshmead was settling down to a peace enhanced by affluence. Though the exodus had come earlier than usual this year, because the Hiltons were sailing for Germany and the Dennys due at the Catskills, not one among their country entertainers had complained.
There is nothing at Stow; Buckden was built later; and the other footprints of this building saint are lost upon the sands of time. Of the earth. I.e., Saints and Lances. Side chapels. Or of SS. Dennys and Guthlac it may be. It is a pity in that case that the bishop lies under the old "dean's eye," and vice versâ.
"Archivio," vol. vi. p. 398. "F. L. Journal," vol. vi. p. 33; "Archivio," vol. ix. p. 233 Grohmann, p. 112. Grohmann, pp. 29, 289, 296, 298; Müller, p. 83. See Thorpe's translation of the story, "Yule Tide Stories," p. 475. Dennys, p. 98; Giles, vol. ii. pp. 89 note, 85; Brauns, p. 366. Map, Dist. i. c. 11. But see below, p. 234.
Tylor says, by Dayaks, Singhalese, Siamese, and Esths; Dennys, in his Folklore of China, notes the occurrences in the Celestial Empire; Grimm, in his German Mythology, gives examples, starting from the communicative knocks of a spirit near Bingen, in the chronicle of Rudolf , and Suetonius tells a similar tale from imperial Rome.
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