The haunted homes and family traditions of Great BritainW. H. Allen, 1884 |
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... the foot of his bed a man dressed as a stable - man , in striped shirt and flat cap , and carrying a lantern with the bull's - eye turned full upon the dis- turbed sleeper . 66 What do you want , my man ? Is 2 HAUNTED HOMES .
... the foot of his bed a man dressed as a stable - man , in striped shirt and flat cap , and carrying a lantern with the bull's - eye turned full upon the dis- turbed sleeper . 66 What do you want , my man ? Is 2 HAUNTED HOMES .
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... turned pale . " You have described , " she said , “ my father's favourite groom , who died a fortnight ago , and whose duty it was to go round the house after everyone had gone to bed , to see that the lights were extinguished , and ...
... turned pale . " You have described , " she said , “ my father's favourite groom , who died a fortnight ago , and whose duty it was to go round the house after everyone had gone to bed , to see that the lights were extinguished , and ...
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... turned the key the preceding evening . The breakfast - bell , however , disturbed the train of my ruminations . I hurried hastily down - stairs , and thought no more on the subject . In the course of conversation , my kind hostess ...
... turned the key the preceding evening . The breakfast - bell , however , disturbed the train of my ruminations . I hurried hastily down - stairs , and thought no more on the subject . In the course of conversation , my kind hostess ...
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... turned away . The next night I went to bed earlier , and , at nearly the same hour , the figure appeared . But there was no doubt now upon my mind . On this occasion I saw the face . Its pale countenance , its large , melancholy black ...
... turned away . The next night I went to bed earlier , and , at nearly the same hour , the figure appeared . But there was no doubt now upon my mind . On this occasion I saw the face . Its pale countenance , its large , melancholy black ...
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... turning , which he used after his day's work was over in doing petty jobs of joinery for the neighbours . Sometimes when he went into his little work - room an invisible visitor would be working away with the lathe in full motion . It ...
... turning , which he used after his day's work was over in doing petty jobs of joinery for the neighbours . Sometimes when he went into his little work - room an invisible visitor would be working away with the lathe in full motion . It ...
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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.