 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,...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Trang 330được biên tập bởi - 1793Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | 1843 - 602 trang
...and hears, or thinks he hears, The sound of something purring at his heels ; Pull fast he flies, and dares not look behind him, Till out of breath he overtakes...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave, and, strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock !'' Who would not prefer to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 612 trang
...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 out of breath he overtakes...round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, lall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave, and,... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 trang
...his fleeting energies, he dashes with spasmodic violence from the scene — " Full iast he flies, and dares not look behind him, 'Till, out of breath, he...the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly." The swift motions of the serpent half seen in the darkness, could not, surely, be accomplished without... | |
 | 1845 - 440 trang
...and hears, or thinks ho hears. The sound of §oim>thing purring :it hid heelsFull fast he flies, and dares not look behind him. Till out of breath he overtakes...fellows; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Ofhorrid Apparition, tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of nleht, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'J... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 trang
...limbs, His eyes datorud grew, his visage— pale; I lis speech forsook him ! Full feat he flies, and dares not look behind him ; Till, out of breath, he...overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the lots of horrid apparitions. Came, old sir,— here's the place— stand still ; I low fearful 'tis... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 trang
...limbs, His eyes distorted grew, his visage— pale; His sptxh forsook him ! Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him ; Till, out of breath, he...overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at th« lots of horrid apparition*. Come, old sir,— here's the place— stand still ; llc.w fearful... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 trang
...distorted grew, his visage—pale; His speech forsook him! Full fast he Sics, and dares not look l-lr.nd him; Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the lots of horrid apparitions. Come, old sir,—here's the place—stand still; How fearful 'tis to cast... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 trang
...dinners and bride-ales, long ago, may have made way for the wild legend of the sea, or fearful anecdote " Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night — or takes its stand O'er some new opened grave, and, strange to tell, Evanishes at crowing of the cock ;" and... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 trang
...visage— po&; His spttch forsook him ! Full fast he nies, and dares not look bthinj him; ' Till, out 01 breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who gather round, and wonder at the lots of horrid apparitions. Come, old sir, — here's the place — stand still ; How fearful 'lis... | |
 | John William Lester - 1847 - 376 trang
...hears, The sound of something purring at his heels. Full fast he flies, and dares not look hehiud, Till, out of breath, he overtakes his fellows, Who...walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-opened grave, and (strange to tell) Evanishes at crowing of the cock. The love of the supernatural... | |
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