hobgoblins

Analytic philosophers put a premium on coherence - this is one of its "hobgoblins" - but beyond the discipline a little inconsistency is tolerated.

PEA Soup 2009

And owls shall dwell there, and satyrs [that is, the hobgoblins, or devils] shall dance there.

Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

My first prejudice (for I do not mention the prejudices of boys, and women, such as hobgoblins, ghosts, dreams, spilling salt, etc.) was my classical enthusiasm, which I received from the books I read, and the masters who explained them to me.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

My first prejudice (for I do not mention the prejudices of boys and women, such as hobgoblins, ghosts, dreams, spilling salt, &c.) was my classical enthusiasm, which I received from the books I read, and the masters who explained them to me.

Selected English Letters Various 1913

My first prejudice (for I do not mention the prejudices of boys, and women, such as hobgoblins, ghosts, dreams, spilling salt, etc.) was my classical enthusiasm, which I received from the books I read, and the masters who explained them to me.

Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1749 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

My first prejudice (for I do not mention the prejudices of boys, and women, such as hobgoblins, ghosts, dreams, spilling salt, etc.) was my classical enthusiasm, which I received from the books I read, and the masters who explained them to me.

Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733

So apparently you have never heard the 'hobgoblins' quote before vidyohs?

Cafe Hayek 2009

This has led to many interrogations of hobgoblins and orcs, which are fun, but very intense in terms of role-playing and can be divisive for the group (not the players, but definitely the characters).

Genre Thought: Friendly Combat « Geek Related 2009

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and thus clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Five Crucial Conservation Goals for Sportsmen 2009

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and thus clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Five Crucial Conservation Goals for Sportsmen 2009