| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The Brocken is the highest summit of the Hartz mountains in Hanover. This summit is at times enveloped in a thick mist, which reflects in a greatly magnified degree any form opposite at sunset. In one of De Quincey’s opium-dreams there is a powerful description of the Brocken spectre. | 1 |
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