 | 1805 - 948 pages
...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. XXIII. • Now, hie thee hence,' the father said ; • And when we are on death-bed laid, O may our... | |
 | Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...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. XXIII. " Now hie thee hence," the father said; " And when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806 - 350 pages
...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. XXIII. " Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And, when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...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. XXII. " Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...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. XXIII. " Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - Fiction - 1816 - 230 pages
...that of the q » 2 and accordingly adopted the name Headlong, the appropriate epithet of waterfall. I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as 't was said to me. The present representative of this ancient and dignified house, Harry Headlong,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - Fiction - 1816 - 228 pages
...of .the quality, B2 and accordingly adopted the name Headlong, the appropriate epithet of waterfall. I cannot tell how the truth may be: I say the tale as 't was said to me. The present representative of this ancient and dignified house, Harry Headlong,... | |
 | England - 1876 - 818 pages
...it difficult to paint the whipping scene to my mind's eye. I find it still harder to believe now. " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me." The fair Julia's handwriting is still extant. I have already hinted that she spelled badly, but that... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...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. XXIII. " Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear... | |
 | James Hogg - 1821 - 356 pages
...the Major got half way back to the bothy, the stranger guest was gone, and they saw no more of him. " I cannot tell how the truth may be, " I say the tale as 'twas said to me." DREADFUL STORY OF MACPHERSON. 193 But what was certainly extraordinary, after the dreadful catastrophe,... | |
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I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as 'twas said to me. 
