 | John William Carleton - 1846 - 508 pages
...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 pages
...fob*, and laughter louder, ran, And voices unlike the voice of man ; As if the fiends kept holiday, "( %~j d;S d (ڂ K 8 > &O P6 ^% b Q 8 0 may our dear Ladye, and sweet St. John, Forgive our souls for the deed we have done !" — The Monk... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...Priest withdrew, With wavering steps and dizzy brain, They hardly might the postern gain. 'Tis said, as through the aisles they pass d, They heard strange...the 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 I"— The Monk... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1842 - 318 pages
..." 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 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1845 - 378 pages
...that of the quality, and accordingly adopted the name Headlong, the appropriate epithet of waterfall. I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as ' t was said to me. The present representative of this ancient and dignified house, Harry Headlong,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 382 pages
...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...the 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... | |
 | 1845 - 480 pages
...vaunted fame, And praiseless 'mid their universal praise ! THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.* A YARN OF THE CAPE. " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me." Lag of the Last Minstrel. FROM the earliest ages superstition has been found a prevailing feature in... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - 374 pages
...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 *t was said to me," says the author of the " Lay," on a similar occasion. The resemblance might be... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1847 - 636 pages
...said, than for the good things she did, it is fair to presume that the club was a right merry one. " I cannot tell how the truth may be, I say the tale as 'twas said to me." The caterer also was drawn from the theatre in the person of Richard Estcourt, the comedian who is... | |
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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... 
