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" O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted! "
The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti - Page 95
by Thomas Hood - 1871
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The St. James's Magazine, Volume 20

1867 - 520 pages
...refrain which every now and then comes in when thefeelings are strung to the highest pitch : — " O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit haunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted !" We cannot criticise at length...
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A Complete Manual of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 562 pages
...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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A Complete Manual of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 550 pages
...the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — " Over all there hung a eloud of fcar, 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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A Complete Manual of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1868 - 562 pages
...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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Leaves from the Poets' Laurels

1869 - 254 pages
...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...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...
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Incidents in the Life of Edward Wright

Edward Leach - 1870 - 382 pages
...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...
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College debts, by an Oxford M.A.

College debts - 1870 - 324 pages
...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...
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The Roxburghe Ballads, Volume 5

William Chappell - 1885 - 864 pages
...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...
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La Debonâdo: Scenes, Sketches, and Incidents in France and Germany During ...

John Duncan Craig - 1871 - 314 pages
...Hood says — " For over all there hung a cloud of gloom, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, Which said as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The place is haunted ! ' " So I thought it would turn out to prove ; but, alas ! I slept again, and awoke with the pleasant...
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Works, Volume 9

Thomas Hood - 1872 - 472 pages
...painted on the air so very dimly, It hardly veil'd the tapestry at all, Or portrait frowning grimly. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! A TALE OF TEMPER. OP all cross breeds of human sinners, The crabbedest are those who dress our dinners...
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