The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Travesty. [By O. Neville.]H. Colburn, 1811 - 237 pages |
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... Seemed Billy the entrée of hell to have past . X. Full many a carcass , and body rotten , Lay in a row , like legs of mutton , composition that was to enliven the other side , depended his customer's good looks for ever . " " Tis not ...
... Seemed Billy the entrée of hell to have past . X. Full many a carcass , and body rotten , Lay in a row , like legs of mutton , composition that was to enliven the other side , depended his customer's good looks for ever . " " Tis not ...
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... seemed to cause a commotion in the small quantity of water upon which the experiment was made . And as I believe the Witch of Tell - the - Tale was some how or other distantly XIV . " When Tell - the - Tale , 54 CANTO It . THE LAY OF THE.
... seemed to cause a commotion in the small quantity of water upon which the experiment was made . And as I believe the Witch of Tell - the - Tale was some how or other distantly XIV . " When Tell - the - Tale , 54 CANTO It . THE LAY OF THE.
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... Seemed to have drawn it tremblingly ; And thought the Witch lay openly : No earthly power moved it , I ween ; No living hand could you have seen : " Till issuing from her gown , Jumpt the Witch up with visage pale , Looked on the ...
... Seemed to have drawn it tremblingly ; And thought the Witch lay openly : No earthly power moved it , I ween ; No living hand could you have seen : " Till issuing from her gown , Jumpt the Witch up with visage pale , Looked on the ...
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Sir Walter Scott. The hoary Hag , just dead and wizen , Seemed to have sprung by galvanism : The moving cloak that wrapped her round , With a wave , opened all around ; Like a coach - house ( q ) door blown from its lock ; Her left hand ...
Sir Walter Scott. The hoary Hag , just dead and wizen , Seemed to have sprung by galvanism : The moving cloak that wrapped her round , With a wave , opened all around ; Like a coach - house ( q ) door blown from its lock ; Her left hand ...
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... seemed as if it wished to speak ; And ate , ' tis said , but once a week : And oft at night t'would make a row ; And often barked , " Bow ! wow ! wow ! " 1 But at day t'was slow and dull ; And 70 CANTO II . THE LAY OF THE.
... seemed as if it wished to speak ; And ate , ' tis said , but once a week : And oft at night t'would make a row ; And often barked , " Bow ! wow ! wow ! " 1 But at day t'was slow and dull ; And 70 CANTO II . THE LAY OF THE.
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