 | William Hickling Prescott - 1857 - 758 ページ
...lo Turpin, lo metto anch' io," says Ariosto, playfully, when he tells a particularly tough story. " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me," •ays the author of the " Lay" on a similar occasion. The resemblance Burns. The book speedily found... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1857 - 486 ページ
...O'Leary. " 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 to me." " If it be true," said Tibbot, " I think the worst part of the aflair was the keeping it concealed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1858 - 952 ページ
...sobs, and laughter 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 eay the tale as 'twas said to me. XXIII. * ííow, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And when we... | |
 | Bentley's miscellany - 1859 - 308 ページ
...confusion. PLUNDER CREEK. — 1783. A LEGEND OF NKW YORK. BY THE AUTHOR OF "TALES OF AN ANTIQUARY." " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me." — SCOTT. rPHE reader perhaps scarcely requires to be reJL minded, that au acknowledgment of the independence... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 656 ページ
...sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike the voice of man; As if the fiends kept holiday, Because these spells were brought to day. I cannot...truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. xxni, "Now, hie thee hence," the Father said, " And, when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear... | |
 | 1861 - 384 ページ
...youthful corpses. Well, well, don't look so horrified, dear reader ! It may be a gross libel — " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas told to me." And if you should feel nervous on the subject, when next you visit " bella Napoli," dive... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 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...Father said, " And when we are on death-bed laid, O may our dear Ladye, and sweet St. John, Forgive our souls for the deed we have done ! " — The Monk... | |
 | 1862 - 582 ページ
...The Lift of John Uowe. PKBSTONIBNSIS. The luta are in 1M Lay of the Last Minstrel, canto u. 22: — " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale u 'twas said to me." ERRATCK.— 3rd S. ip 3IS. col. il. I. 32, for "I.ambe heretofore Beivor ' read... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 ページ
...Aliegro, Line €7. "I'is an old tale, and often told. WALTER SCOTT. — Marmion, Canto II. Stanza 27. I cannot tell how the truth may be ; I say the tale as 'twas said to me. WALTER SCOTT. — Lay of the Last Minstrel, Canto II. Stanza 1-i, last line. Thereby hangs a tale.... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - 1863 - 646 ページ
...for the jolly tars ! I hope the story i« true^for the honor of the British navy. Mrs. M. " I can not tell how the truth may be: I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Before we dismiss from our memories Louis XVI. " and his times," it will not be uninteresting to take... | |
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Tis said, as through 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 Loud sobs, and laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike the voice of man; As if... 
