The haunted homes and family traditions of Great BritainW. H. Allen, 1884 |
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... possession of the Spencers it has been hon- oured by two royal visits ; the first was paid by the Queen and the elder son of James the First , and the second by William the Third , in 1695 , when a large gathering of the nobility and ...
... possession of the Spencers it has been hon- oured by two royal visits ; the first was paid by the Queen and the elder son of James the First , and the second by William the Third , in 1695 , when a large gathering of the nobility and ...
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... possession of the skull also ; but she did not wish us to suppose that she knew much about it , it was a veri- table ' skeleton in the closet ' to her . After exercising great diplomacy we persuaded her to allow us a sight of it . We ...
... possession of the skull also ; but she did not wish us to suppose that she knew much about it , it was a veri- table ' skeleton in the closet ' to her . After exercising great diplomacy we persuaded her to allow us a sight of it . We ...
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... possessed a rude chair , where she was wont , in her moodier moments , to sit , rocked by the winds , enjoying the rustling of the storm through the woods , or the rush of the cascade during the pauses of the gale . This tree , so ...
... possessed a rude chair , where she was wont , in her moodier moments , to sit , rocked by the winds , enjoying the rustling of the storm through the woods , or the rush of the cascade during the pauses of the gale . This tree , so ...
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... possession of , and on that account could not lie still in her grave . About the period referred to , a domestic female servant , being alone in one of the rooms of a house at Black Heddon , was frightfully alarmed by the ceiling above ...
... possession of , and on that account could not lie still in her grave . About the period referred to , a domestic female servant , being alone in one of the rooms of a house at Black Heddon , was frightfully alarmed by the ceiling above ...
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... possessed of a chest of gold heavier than ten of my strongest men can carry into my castle . " This extraordinary announcement was received by the company in silence , but the many looks of sur- prise which were exchanged did not escape ...
... possessed of a chest of gold heavier than ten of my strongest men can carry into my castle . " This extraordinary announcement was received by the company in silence , but the many looks of sur- prise which were exchanged did not escape ...
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afterwards alarmed ancient antique apparition appeared Ashley believed Berry Pomeroy Castle Bettiscombe Birchen Bower Black Heddon Blenkinsopp boggart Bolling Hall brother buried Burton Agnes Hall Calverley chamber Clegg Hall Combermere Abbey Cumnor curious dark death Denton Hall disturbances door dressed Earl Patie Eastbury Ewshott House eyes gentleman ghost ghostly Glamis Castle guest hand haunted head headless heard Hinton Ampner horse Lancashire legend looked Lord mansion Mary King's Close Miss Beswick morning mystery narrative neighbourhood neighbouring never night noise old Hall once Park passed persons Phillipson remains remarkable replied residence rest round says secret seemed seen servants Silky sister skull sleep Smithills Hall sounds spectre spirit stairs story strange supernatural supposed thought told tradition Tregeagle troubled Wadebridge walked walls whilst White Lady wife window woman young
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Стр. 287 - But, after an industrious search among his father's papers, an investigation among the public records, and a careful inquiry among all persons who had transacted law business for his father, no evidence could be recovered to support his defence. The period was now near at hand, when he conceived the loss of his lawsuit to be inevitable ; and he had formed...
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.