 They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at mid-height thread the chancel wall, Loud sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells...  The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - Page 12by Walter Scott - 1884 - 536 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 660 pages
...postern gain. 'Tis said, as through the aisles they passed, They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at...truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. 23. "Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And, when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear Ladye,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 684 pages
...postern gain. 'Tis said, as through the aisles they passed, They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at...truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. 23. "Now, hie thce hence," the Father said, "And, when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear Ladye,... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1882 - 354 pages
...the postern gain. 'Tis said as through the aisles they passed, They heard strange noises on the last; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at...sobs, and laughter louder ran. And voices unlike the yoice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day." Many historic... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 pages
...NAPOLEON. The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. h. POPS— Ebistles of Horace. Ep. I. Bk. II. Line 108. I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. i. SCOTT — Lay of the Last Minstrel. Canto II. St. 22. Bring me no more reports. j. Macbeth. Act... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 684 pages
...postern gain. Tis said, as through the aisles they pos-s'd, They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at...Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot toll how the truth may bo ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. XX III. "Now, hie thce hence," the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...dull and dry, Embellish'd with, — He said, — and, So said 1. 4938 Cowper : Conversation. Line 205 I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. 4939 Scott : Lay of the Last Minstrel. Canto ii. St. 22. STRANGENESS. 'Twas strange, 'twas passing... | |
 | Edward William Lewis Davies - 1883 - 426 pages
...so goes the story, Froude was seen to mount his horse and trot away in company with his hounds. ' " I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Russell, however, who knew Froude's sayings and doings better than any man living, and was wont, like... | |
 | Samuel Sidney McClure - 1883 - 596 pages
...given not many years since on the very road over which we had just passed, so the story goes ; but " I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Be it known, however, that our party procured a number of ounces of the liquid without the imposition... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1884 - 616 pages
...the aisles they pass'd, They heard strange noises on the blast ; And through the cloister -galleries small, Which at mid-height thread the chancel wall,...laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike the voice of man ; А£ if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1885 - 366 pages
...postern gain. 'Tis said, as through the aisles they pass'd, They heard strange noises on the blast : And through the cloister-galleries small, Which at...truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. XXIII. " Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And when wo are on death-bed laid, 0 may our dear... | |
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