 I hope I'll never see his face again. I got into bed, and couldn't sleep for a long time ; and when I examined my five guineas this morning, that I left in the table-drawer the last thing, I found five withered leaves of oak — bad scran to the giver...  The Archaeological Review - Página 324editado por - 1890Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Patrick Kennedy - 1866 - 380 páginas
...slipped five guineas into my hand as soon as I was on the ground, and thanked me, and bade me good night. I hope I'll never see his face again. I got into bed,...table-drawer the last thing, I found five withered leaves of oak — bad scran to the giver ! " Well, you may all think the fright, and the joy, and the grief the... | |
 | Patrick Kennedy - 1866 - 378 páginas
...I was in dread every minute I'd fall off; but nothing happened till I found myself in my own bawn. The king slipped five guineas into my hand as soon...as I was on the ground, and thanked me, and bade me good night. I hope I'll never see his face again. I got into bed, and couldn't sleep for a long time... | |
 | Edwin Sidney Hartland - 1891 - 402 páginas
...this way. The modern wedding .breakfast, with its bridecake, is a survival from a very 1 Gill, p. 172. Conversely, when the midwife is rewarded with that...tabledrawer the last thing, I found five withered leaves of oak — bad scran to the giver ! " This incident recalls the Barber's tale of his fourth brother in... | |
 | Patrick Kennedy - 1891 - 392 páginas
...I was in dread every minute I'd fall off; but nothing happened till I found myself in my own bawn. The king slipped five guineas into my hand as soon as I was on the ground, and thanked me, aind bade me good night. I hope I'll never see his face again. I got into bed, and couldn't sleep for... | |
 | Edwin Sidney Hartland - 1904 - 404 páginas
...p. 54, quoting Conversely, when the midwife^ is rewarded_with that which seems valuable it turns_out worthless. An Irishwoman, in relating a professional...tabledrawer the last thing, I found five withered leaves of oak — bad scran to the giver ! " This incident recalls the Barber's tale of his fourth brother in... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1910 - 412 páginas
...I was in dread every minute I'd fall off; but nothing happened till I found myself in my own cabin. The king slipped five guineas into my hand as soon...examined my five guineas this morning, that I left in the table drawer the last thing, I found five withered leaves of oak — bad luck to the giver!' Well,... | |
 | 1862 - 798 páginas
...every minute I'd fall off; but uothing happened till I found myself in my own bawn. The king slip|>ed five guineas into my hand as soon as I was on the ground, and thanked me, and bade me good night. I hope I'll never see his face again. I got into bed, and couldn't sleep for a long time;... | |
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