 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The new-made widow too, I've... | |
 | James Lackington - 1827 - 368 Seiten
...good doctor was so studious and absent, that he knew not what he had done. Yours, &c. LETTER IV. " Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand, O'er some new-open'd grave : and (strange to tell!) Evanishes at crowing of the cock." BLAIR'S Grave. DEAR FRIEND,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...Sudden he starts, and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave ; and (strange to tell f) Evanishes at crowing of the cock. FRIENDSHIP. INVIDIOUS... | |
 | 1830 - 372 Seiten
...good doctor was so studious and absent, that he knew not what he had done. Yours, &c. LETTER IV. " Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand, O'er some new-open'd grave : and (strange to tell !) Evanishes at crowing of the cock." BLAIU'S Grave. DEAR FRIEND,... | |
 | 1831 - 472 Seiten
...The cock crowe, and the morn prows 'on, When 'tie decreed Д must be gone." — Butler. — — — The tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly. That walks at dead of night, or takes Ins stand O'er some new-opeu'd grave ; and, strange tu Evanishes at crowing of the e.aA.— l4air.... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 Seiten
...be remembered: The cock crows, and the morn grows on, When 'tis decreed I must be gone — Butler. -The tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly,...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave : and, strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock. — Blair. Who can ever... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 Seiten
...spasmodic violence from the scene — FuH fest he flies, and dares net look behind him, Till, out ef breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round,...at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly — The »wift motions of the serpent half seen in the darkness, could not, sorely, be accomplished... | |
 | 1837 - 646 Seiten
...hears — The sound of something purring at his heels : Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new opened grave, — and (strange to tell !) Evanishes at crowing of the cock." Sometimes he rises... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 Seiten
...hears, The sound of something purring at his heels : Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who...round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition pale and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave — and... | |
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...Sudden he starts, and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new open'd grave ; and (strange to tell !) Evanishes at crowing of the cock. Invidious grave ! how... | |
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And lightly tripping o'er the long flat stones (With nettles skirted, and with moss o'ergrown) That tell in homely phrase who lie below ; Sudden he starts ! and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Full fast he flies,... 
