 | 1832 - 448 sider
...DAMYNIS, AD 1449. But the En rs have not had this boast entirely to themselves. " In the year 1808, < I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale, as 'twas said to me.' " A captain of artillery resided in the ordnance barrack in the town of E . His wife, an Italian lady,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 684 sider
...!" L. PLUNDER CREEK.—1783. ^ A Legend of New York. ^_^~ BY THE AUTHOR OP "TALES OF AN ANTIQUARY." I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me.—SCOTT. THE reader perhaps scarcely requires to be reminded, that an acknowledgment of the independence... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 sider
...on the blast; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at midheight thread the chancel wall. Loud sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike...truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. XX11L " Now, hie thee hence," the father said) "And, when we are on death-bed laid, О may our dear... | |
 | 508 sider
...before the hounds were laid on, and this they accomplished to the satisfaction of every one present : " I cannot tell how the truth may be: I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Many may be found to doubt the deed ; but for my own part I see nothing wonderful or improbable in... | |
 | 1838 - 728 sider
...Turpin, lo metto anch' io," •ays Ariosto, playfully, when he tells a particularly tough story. " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 't was said to me," says the author of the " Lay," on a similar occasion. The resemblance might be... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1838 - 618 sider
...Turpin, lo metto anch' io," fayf Ariosto, playfully, when he tells a particularly tough story. " T cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 't was said to me," says the author of the " Lay," on a similar occasion. The resemblance might be... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1849 - 522 sider
...portrait taken ; and the next time you honour me with your company, I will have it taken, sir." But— " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Mr. Lowndes never looks so comfortable as on his old chesnut mare : she never makes a mistake, is a... | |
 | Joseph Snowe - 1839 - 508 sider
...neighbourhood of Brey ; the only spot, perhaps, on the river, where she is believed to be still visible. " I cannot tell how the truth may be — I say the tale as 'twas said to me." The first tradition on record, of the fair spirit who haunts " the depths of the waters cold," relates... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1846 - 508 sider
...before the hounds were laid on, and this they accomplished to the satisfaction of every one present: " I cannot tell how the truth may be: I say the tale ai 'twas said to me." Many may be found to doubt the deed ; but for my own part I see nothing wonderful... | |
 | Raphael - 1841 - 782 sider
...on the blast. And through the cloister galleries small, Which at mid-height thread the chancel wall, Loud sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And voices, unlike the voice of man ; As if the fhads kept holiday, Because those spells were brought to-day.'' A MARVELLOUS LEGEND. IT was a glorious... | |
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Tis said, as through the aisles they passed, They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at mid-height thread the chancel wall, Loud sobs, and laughter louder ran, And voices unlike the voice of man ; As if... 
