The haunted homes and family traditions of Great BritainW. H. Allen, 1884 |
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... cause of her fears , yet feeling that further contest was useless , saw , with feelings of horror , the little cribs and rocking horses , nurses and nine - pins , formally established in the dreaded apartment . 66 " Things went on very ...
... cause of her fears , yet feeling that further contest was useless , saw , with feelings of horror , the little cribs and rocking horses , nurses and nine - pins , formally established in the dreaded apartment . 66 " Things went on very ...
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... cause and conse- quences of the malign influence exercised by this relic of humanity . Mr. William Andrews , in his essay on Skull Superstitions , states that the peculiar superstition attaching to the Bettiscombe skull is , " that if ...
... cause and conse- quences of the malign influence exercised by this relic of humanity . Mr. William Andrews , in his essay on Skull Superstitions , states that the peculiar superstition attaching to the Bettiscombe skull is , " that if ...
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... causes some folk to fancy that she concealed something there during the Scottish invasion , which she is now desirous of pointing out to anyone courageous enough to speak to her . On dark and dreary winter nights the barn , it is said ...
... causes some folk to fancy that she concealed something there during the Scottish invasion , which she is now desirous of pointing out to anyone courageous enough to speak to her . On dark and dreary winter nights the barn , it is said ...
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... cause of the alarm . At last the mistress , who happened to be the most stout- hearted , ventured into the room , when , instead of the personage on whose account such awful apprehensions . were entertained , a great dog's skin lay on ...
... cause of the alarm . At last the mistress , who happened to be the most stout- hearted , ventured into the room , when , instead of the personage on whose account such awful apprehensions . were entertained , a great dog's skin lay on ...
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... cause of all their woe - so uselessly buried beneath the crumbling ruins . Here she must continue to wander until someone possessed of sufficient courage to follow her to the vault shall discover and remove the hidden treasure , and so ...
... cause of all their woe - so uselessly buried beneath the crumbling ruins . Here she must continue to wander until someone possessed of sufficient courage to follow her to the vault shall discover and remove the hidden treasure , and so ...
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ancient apparition appeared asked authority became believed body brother brought building buried called carried Castle cause chamber circumstances close connected continued course dark death described died disturbances door dressed Earl early entered eyes face fact fear fell figure ghost give given Glamis half Hall hand haunted head hear heard horse hour known lady late leaving legend light lived looked Lord manner means mentioned Miss morning mystery neighbouring never night noise once passed persons possession present remains remarkable removed residence rest round says secret seemed seen servants sister skull sounds spirit standing story strange supposed taken thought told took tradition troubled turned walked walls whole wife window woman young
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Стр. 86 - The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen ! And in that Manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall. The village maids, with fearful glance Avoid the ancient moss-grown wall ; Nor ever lead the merry dance Among the groves of Cumnor Hall. Full many a traveller oft hath sigh'd, And pensive wept the Countess' fall, As wandering onwards they've espied The...
Стр. 181 - The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave. The mask which concealed the visage was made so nearly to resemble the countenance of a stiffened corpse that the closest scrutiny must have had difficulty in detecting the cheat.
Стр. 187 - Sir, it was believed. A waiter at the Hummums, in which house Ford died, had been absent for some time, and returned, not knowing that Ford was dead. Going down to the cellar, according to the story, he met him ; going down again, he met him a second time. When he came up, he asked some of the people of the house what Ford could be doing there. They told him Ford was dead. The waiter took a fever, in which he lay for some time. When he recovered he...
Стр. 288 - H. thought that he informed his father of the cause of his distress, adding that the payment of a considerable sum of money was the more unpleasant to him, because he had a strong consciousness that it was not due, though he was unable to recover any evidence in support of his belief.
Стр. 217 - Blazed battlement and pinnet high, Blazed every rose-carved buttress fair, So still they blaze, when fate is nigh The lordly line of high St. Clair.
Стр. 288 - ... determination to ride to Edinburgh next day, and make the best bargain he could in the way of compromise. He went to bed with this resolution, and, with all the circumstances of the case floating upon his mind, had a dream to the following purpose. His father, who had been many years dead, appeared to him, he thought, and asked him why he was disturbed in his mind. In dreams men are not surprised at such apparitions.
Стр. 197 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Стр. 246 - As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in the old Colonial day, When men lived in a grander way, With ampler hospitality; A kind of old Hobgoblin Hall, Now somewhat fallen to decay, With weather-stains upon the wall, And stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled and talL A region of repose it seems, A place of slumber and of dreams, Remote among the wooded hills!
Стр. 217 - There are twenty of Roslin's barons bold Lie buried within that proud chapelle; Each one the holy vault doth hold— But the sea holds lovely Rosabelle. And each St Clair was buried there, With candle, with book, and with knell ; But the sea-caves rung, and the wild winds sung, The dirge of lovely Rosabelle ! XXIV.