 ... gentlemen, his friends, they determined to pass the night in the same apartment ; and if any noise or apparition disturbed them, to discharge their pistols at either ghost or sound. As spirits know all things, they were probably aware of these preparations,...  Walpoliana - Page 192by Horace Walpole - 1800 - 230 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - Anecdotes - 1800 - 302 pages
...ghoft or found. As fpirits know all things, they were probably aware of thefe preparations, and-not one appeared. But in the chamber juft above a dreadful...years ago, and he returned with a diflocated arm. M. D'TJrfelles tried too ; he was overwhelmed •with bundles of hay, and was ill for a long time after."... | |
 | 1809 - 702 pages
...As fpiritt know all things, they were probably aware of thefe preparations, and not uneapi pearcd. But in the chamber juft above, a dreadful rattling...heard, and the wife and children of the farmer ran to the afliftance of their k>rd. They threw tbemielyes ort their knect, bogging thai he would not vifjt... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Apparitions - 1814 - 240 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But, in the chamber just above, a dreadful rattling of chains was heard ; and the wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Apparitions - 1815 - 268 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But, in the chamber just above, a dreadful rattling of chains was heard ; and the wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But in the chamber just above a dreadful rattling of chains was heard; and the wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 464 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But in the chamber just above a dreadful rattling of chains was heard" ; and the Wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
 | George Moir - Anecdotes - 1827 - 466 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But in the chamber just above, a dreadful rattling of chains was heard ; and the wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
 | 1828 - 400 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But in the chamber just above, a dreadful rattling of chains was heard, and the wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
 | George Ramsay - Anecdotes - 1828 - 654 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But in the chamber just above, a dreadful rattling of chains was heard, and the wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English letters - 1830 - 356 pages
...things, they were probably aware of these preparations, and not one appeared. But in the chamber just above a dreadful rattling of chains was heard; and the wife and children of the farmer ran to assist their lord. They threw themselves on their knees, begging that he would not visit that terrible... | |
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