...than the most tremendous detail, because the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — "Over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery...the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is not their tediousness...

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...the ragged roof the sky shone, barr'd With naked beam and rafter. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said,...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! The flow'r grew wild and rankly as the weed, Roses with thistles struggled for espial, And vagrant...

...because the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — " Over all there hung a elond of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is not their tediousness...

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...unaccountable feeling of dread in the minds of the two thieves. '' O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted. And...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." Neither of them would hesitate to face an opponent, or to commit a desperate crime, in case of detection...

...noble University is haunted ; yes, in the beautiful words of Hood— ' Over all there hangs a spell, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as words could tell, The place is haunted.' My place at least, sir, is haunted not by guardian Lai-es...

...ago been broken. There was so foul a rumour in the air, The shadow of a presence so atrocious ; No human creature could have feasted there, Even the...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART III. 'T1s hard for human actions to account, Whether from reason or from impulse only — ....

...the most tremendous detail, because the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — " Over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plnin as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is...

...assassins were lurking in the lobbies, or arrests were threatened : O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, " The place is haunted ! " That such loyal subjects as the actors could not banish dangerous...