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 Brobdingnag’ian.Brocklehurst (The Rev. Robert). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Brocken.
 
The spectre of the Brocken. This is the shadow of men and other objects greatly magnified and reflected in the mist and cloud of the mountain opposite. The Brocken is the highest summit of the Harz range.   1
 


 Brobdingnag’ian.Brocklehurst (The Rev. Robert). 

 
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