Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, Volume 2Rivingtons, 1868 |
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Pagina 121 - the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house while it was in building
Pagina 153 - the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers ; Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, Follow'd the Piper for their lives. From street to street he piped advancing,
Pagina 73 - If I beheld . . . the moon walking in brightness; and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: this also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above
Pagina 203 - Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses V
Pagina 154 - like a bustling Of merry crowds justling, at pitching and hustling, Small feet were pattering, wooden shoes clattering, Little hands clapping, and little tongues chattering : And, like fowls in a farmyard where barley is scattering, Out came the children running. All the little boys and girls, With rosy cheeks and flaxen curls, And sparkling eyes, and teeth like pearls, Tripping,
Pagina 153 - And ere three shrill notes the pipe utter'd, You heard as if an army mutter'd ; And the muttering grew to a grumbling, And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling : And out of the
Pagina 377 - IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION BY MESSRS. RIVINGTON, WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON; HIGH STREET, OXFORD ; TRINITY STREET, CAMBRIDGE. The Dogmatic Faith: an Inquiry into the Relation subsisting between Revelation and Dogma. Being the Bampton Lectures for 1867. By Edward Garbett, MA, Incumbent of Christ Church, Surbiton. 8vo.
Pagina 152 - They fought the dogs, and kill'd the cats, And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And lick'd the soup from the cook's own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoil'd the women's chats, By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.