 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 408 sider
...tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. — SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. — SIR WALTER SCOTT. SWEN SURPRISES THE PRINCESS (See opposite page) THE YOUTH WHO COULD NOT LIE ALONG... | |
 | Harold Workman Williams - 1916 - 516 sider
..."Why do people say 'Dame Gossip'?" FATHER — "Because they are too polite to leave off the 'e.' " I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for a certainty, and if you do know it for a certainty,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1923 - 824 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 't was Said to me. XXIII ' Now, hie thee hence,' the father said, ' And when we are on death-bed laid,... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 sider
...spells were brougfiTto I caiinut tell huw the U'ulh may Lie, I say the tale as 'twas said to me. xxm Saint John Forgive our souls for the deed we have done!" The monk returned him to his cell, And many... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 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,... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 sider
...unlike the voice of man, As if the fiends kept holiday **• Because these spells were brought to day. th' xxm "Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, "And when we are on death-bed laid, 0 may our dear Ladye... | |
 | 1914 - 600 sider
...perhaps, be reminded that you had not always given him credit for such familiar couplets as these : ' ' I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas told to me." Or, "Her blue eyes sought the west afar, For lovers love the western star." Or, "True... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Clarke - 1927 - 474 sider
...of orchard And roadside tree bereft, The nightingales of Flanders Were singing, France is left! II I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. Lay of the Last Minstrel, SIR WALTEK SCOTT. IN LEGEND THE HOMAGE OF BEASTS A Persian Fable By Augusta... | |
 | Ikbal Ali Shah (Sirdar.) - 1928 - 304 sider
...and unsophisticated men in the villages around the evening fires. CHAPTER IX LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. — The Lay of the Last Minstrel. THERE are some ruins in the mountain range of Safaid Koh on the east... | |
 | Katherine Duncan Smith - 1928 - 190 sider
...ancestors. That there are errors in this publication there can be no doubt, but not of my making for : "I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me." (Sir Walter Scott.) The frequent appearance of my name and the very personal nature of this book is... | |
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Loud sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And 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. 
