 | Story - 1852 - 72 pàgines
...When 'tis decreed I must be gone. And Dr. Blair— The tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghostly, That walks at dead of night ; or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave, ami, strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock. " There is thus, you see, a mixture of good... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pàgines
...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...Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparation, — tall and ghastly, Who stalks at dead of night, or takes his silent stand O'er some... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pàgines
...Sudden he starts, and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heel.i ; Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till...his fellows : Who gather round, and wonder at the talc Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pàgines
...And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Shakspere. They gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghostly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave, and, (strange... | |
 | James Beattie, George Gilfillan - 1854 - 318 pàgines
...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 ! 70 Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The new-made widow too,... | |
 | 1854 - 606 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | 1854 - 608 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | James Beattie - 1854 - 332 pàgines
...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 ! 70 Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The new-made widow too,... | |
 | John Brand - 1854 - 560 pàgines
...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." . BLAIR'S GRAVE. IT haying... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pàgines
...Suddenly 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,... | |
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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,... 
