| John Aikin - 1850 - 764 sider
...unlike the voice of man : As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale...father said; " And, when we are on death-bed laid, An' had it not Been ms ministry. All, between home and and hermitage, Talk'd of Lord Cranstoun's goblin... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 sider
...the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I caanot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. THE TRIAL OF CONSTANCE. While round the fire such legends go, Far different was the scene of wo, Where,... | |
| Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1851 - 642 sider
...Hurrah ! for the jolly tars ! I hope the story is true, for the honour of the British navy. Mrs. M. " I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Before we dismiss from our memories Louis XVI. " and his times," it will not be uninteresting to take... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 330 sider
...his story may be too much for the reader's faith, he puts in such a makeweight as the following : " I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Other examples will be found in Cantos V. 6, V. 13r VI. 5. Twice however in the course of the poem... | |
| Walter Scott - 1852 - 594 sider
...unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday. Because these spells were brought to-day. I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. "Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear Ladye,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 sider
...unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale...Father said, " And when we are on death-bed laid, 0 may our dear Ladyc, and sweet St. John, ' Forgive our souls for the deed we have done !" — The... | |
| George Croly - 1854 - 426 sider
...unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may be ; • I say the tale as 'twas said to me. Tire TRIAL OF CONSTANCE. While round the fire such legends go, Far different was the scene of wo, Where,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1855 - 590 sider
...voices unlike the voice of man; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. xxm. . " Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And when we are on death -bed laid, O may our dear... | |
| Where - 1855 - 86 sider
...lasses, 0. Green grow the rushes. BURNS. In notes by distance made more sweet. The Passions. COLLINS. I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me. Lay of the Last Minstrel, canto ii. SCOTT. 1 L'Esperance est le songe d'un homme eveille. French Proverb.... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 sider
...were brought fo day. I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. XXIIL * Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, '• And when we are on death-bed laid, 0 may our dear Ladye, and sweet St. John, Forgive our souls for the deed we have done 1" — The Monk... | |
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