I like this retirement the better, because of an ill report it lies under of being haunted ; for which reason (as I have been told in the family) no living creature ever walks in it besides the chaplain. My good friend the butler desired me, with a very... The Listener - Side 51af Caroline Fry - 1837Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1908 - 208 sider
...face not to venture myself in it after sunset, for that one of the footmen had been almost frighted out of his wits by a spirit that appeared to him in the shape of a black horse without a head ; to which he added that about a month ago one of the maids, coming home late that way with a... | |
| Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 sider
...chaplain. My good friend the butler desired me, with a very grave face, not to venture myself in it after sunset, for that one of the footmen had been...wits by a spirit that appeared to him in the shape of ? black horse «dthout a head; to which he added, that about a month ago one of the maids, coming home... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1915 - 464 sider
...face, not to venture myself in it after sunset, for that one of the footmen had been almost frighted out of his wits by a spirit that appeared to him in the shape of a black horse without an head ; to which he added, that about a month ago one of the maids coming home late that way with... | |
| Ernest Rhys - 1915 - 518 sider
...Face not to venture myself in it after Sun-set, for that one of the Footmen had been almost frighted out of his Wits by a Spirit that appeared to him in the Shape of a black Horse without an Head ; to which he added, that about a month ago one of the Maids coming home late that Way with... | |
| Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1923 - 648 sider
...face, not to venture myself in it after sunset, for that one of the footmen had been almost frighted out of his wits by a spirit that appeared to him in the so shape of a black horse without a head; to which he added that about a month ago one of the maids... | |
| 1843 - 522 sider
...after sunset, for that one of the footmen had been almost frighted out of his wits by a spirit thai appeared to him in the shape of a black horse without a head ; to which he added, that about a month ago one of the maids, coming home late that way with a... | |
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