And hated like a sickness : made a scorn To all degrees and sexes. I have heard old beldams Talk of Familiars in the shape of mice, Rats, ferrets, weasels, and I wot not what, That have appear'd ; and suck'd, some say, their blood. Dramatic Works of John Ford ... - Page 472by John Ford - 1827Full view - About this book
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