Traditions of Lancashire ...Longman, 1831 |
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Pàgina 92
... fearful thing in its unhallowed abode . His mistress , however , would , at some period or another , no doubt , be in possession of all the wealth in the cave , and he should then expect a handsome share . He had heard , in old legends ...
... fearful thing in its unhallowed abode . His mistress , however , would , at some period or another , no doubt , be in possession of all the wealth in the cave , and he should then expect a handsome share . He had heard , in old legends ...
Pàgina 94
... fearfully o ' the stocks ! " - ― " Oh , master , forgive me ! — It was mistress that sent me with the stuff , as I hope the Virgin and St. Gregory may be my intercessors . " 66 Thy mistress and for whom ? " " Why there's a hole close by ...
... fearfully o ' the stocks ! " - ― " Oh , master , forgive me ! — It was mistress that sent me with the stuff , as I hope the Virgin and St. Gregory may be my intercessors . " 66 Thy mistress and for whom ? " " Why there's a hole close by ...
Pàgina 95
... Fearful was the dilemma ; but Gregory durst not budge . The night grew dark and stormy , the wind rose , loud gusts shaking down the dying leaves , and howling through the wide extent of the forest . The moan of the river came on , like ...
... Fearful was the dilemma ; but Gregory durst not budge . The night grew dark and stormy , the wind rose , loud gusts shaking down the dying leaves , and howling through the wide extent of the forest . The moan of the river came on , like ...
Pàgina 96
... fearful message to master , " thought he , as he leapt out joyfully into the buoyant air ; " but at any rate I'll now be quit o ' the job . " And the messenger gave his report , for Oliver Tempest was impatiently awaiting 96 THE GREY ...
... fearful message to master , " thought he , as he leapt out joyfully into the buoyant air ; " but at any rate I'll now be quit o ' the job . " And the messenger gave his report , for Oliver Tempest was impatiently awaiting 96 THE GREY ...
Pàgina 124
... fearful vengeance of those irritable creatures the fairies ; and soon he saw a whole troop of them issuing out of the crevice . As they came nearer he heard the short sharp tread of this tiny host . One of them mounted the little pillar ...
... fearful vengeance of those irritable creatures the fairies ; and soon he saw a whole troop of them issuing out of the crevice . As they came nearer he heard the short sharp tread of this tiny host . One of them mounted the little pillar ...
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Pàgina 64 - Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool...
Pàgina 299 - And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
Pàgina xxii - Then came the Holy One, blessed be He ! And killed the Angel of Death, That killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid.
Pàgina 113 - FAREWELL rewards and Fairies ! Good housewives now you may say ; For now foule sluts in dairies, Doe fare as well as they : And though they sweepe their hearths no less Than mayds were wont to doe, Yet who of late for cleaneliness Finds sixe-pence in her shoe ? Lament, lament old Abbies, The fairies lost command ; They did but change priests...
Pàgina xxi - And killed the angel of death, That killed the butcher, That killed the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, » That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought For two pieces of money. A kid, a kid.
Pàgina xxiii - Saracens. 9. The angel of death signifies the Turkish power, by which the land of Palestine was taken from the Franks, and to which it is still subject. 10. The commencement of the tenth stanza, is designed to show that God will take signal vengeance on the Turks, immediately after whose overthrow the Jews are to be restored to their own land, and live under the government of their longexpected Messiah.
Pàgina 326 - thou — a cockatrice to betray me ! " use the devil's works for the building up and welfare of the Church, even though she were mightily holpen thereby. But listen : thou hast wooed this maiden to be the wife of thy bosom. In the dark roll of destiny it is written — so spake the unclean spirit — that if thou shouldest wed, a son springing from thy loins shall sit upon the throne of this unhappy realm. He shall govern the people righteously, every one under his own vine and his own fig-tree,...