| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 ページ
...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. XX11L " Now, hie thee hence," the father said) "And, when we are on death-bed laid, О may our dear... | |
| 1838 - 728 ページ
...Turpin, lo metto anch' io," •ays Ariosto, playfully, when he tells a particularly tough story. " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 't was said to me," says the author of the " Lay," on a similar occasion. The resemblance might be... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1838 - 618 ページ
...Turpin, lo metto anch' io," fayf Ariosto, playfully, when he tells a particularly tough story. " T cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 't was said to me," says the author of the " Lay," on a similar occasion. The resemblance might be... | |
| John William Carleton - 1849 - 522 ページ
...portrait taken ; and the next time you honour me with your company, I will have it taken, sir." But— " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Mr. Lowndes never looks so comfortable as on his old chesnut mare : she never makes a mistake, is a... | |
| Joseph Snowe - 1839 - 508 ページ
...neighbourhood of Brey ; the only spot, perhaps, on the river, where she is believed to be still visible. " I cannot tell how the truth may be — I say the tale as 'twas said to me." The first tradition on record, of the fair spirit who haunts " the depths of the waters cold," relates... | |
| John William Carleton - 1846 - 508 ページ
...before the hounds were laid on, and this they accomplished to the satisfaction of every one present: " I cannot tell how the truth may be: I say the tale ai 'twas said to me." Many may be found to doubt the deed ; but for my own part I see nothing wonderful... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 ページ
...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...Father said, " And when we are on death-bed laid, 0 may our dear Ladye, and sweet St. John, Forgive our souls for the deed we have done !" — The Monk... | |
| Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 ページ
...unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holyday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale...John, forgive our souls for the deed we have done I"— The Monk return'd him to his cell, And many a prayer and penance sped ; When the convent met... | |
| Gerald Griffin - 1842 - 318 ページ
..." It may be so," replied his friend. " I do not answer for the reality of the story." " I know not how the truth may be, I say the tale, as 'twas said tome." " If it be true," said Tibbot, " I think the worst part of the affair, was the keeping it concealed... | |
| Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 ページ
...tiends kept holiday, Because these spells were hrought to day. I cannot tell how the truth may he ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. XXIII. "Now, hie...thee hence," the Father said, " And, when we are on death-hed laid, O may our dear Ladye, and sweet St John, Foreive our souls for the deed we have done... | |
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