...sluggish of inanimate substances. And as for the fiddlers'-room — enough — ' A merry place it was in days of yore, But something ails it now — the place is cursed.'* Dancing, although said to be a favourite amusement and * This house was demolished in 1836....

...bid the Arcadian cypress wave, Pluck the green laurel from Peneui" tide/' &c. I- J. " A merry place, 'tis said, in days of yore, But something ails it now ; the place is cursed." " The bow it wae but loosely drawn, Yet flew not the arrow in vain, For the shaft reached...

...the Arcadian cypress wave. Pluck the green laurel from Peneus' side," &c. I . J . " A merry place, 'tis said, in days of yore, But something ails it now ; the place u cursed." " The bow it was but loosely drawn. Yet flew not the arrow in vain, For the shaft reached...

...there are few sites in England more directly suggestive of Wordsworth's lines : A merry place, 'twas said, in days of yore ; But something ails it now, — the place is curst ! And this conclusion brings me to my more immediate purpose in describing the country of which the...

...NOVELS. VOLUME XVII. ST. RONAN'S WELL. EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK. ST RONAN'S WELL. A merry place, 'tis said, in days of yore; But something ails it now— the place ia cursed. WORDSWORTH. t") ff O Pi ,<». ty O •/ INTRODUCTION ST RONAN'S WELL THE novel which follows...

...elegant researches carried us out of the high-road and through a labyrinth of intricate lanes, which seem made on purpose to afford strangers the full benefit...in days of yore ; But something ails it now— the spot is cursed." The principal part of the house has been destroyed, and only the kitchen remains standing....

...elegant researches carried us out of the high-road and through a labyrinth of intricate lanes, which seem made on purpose to afford strangers the full benefit...in days of yore ; But something ails it now — the spot is cursed." The principal part of the house has been destroyed, and only the kitchen remains standing....

...size, " little did I ever think this house, once so peaceful, would be so changed." " A merry place, 'tis said, in days of yore, But something ails it now — the place is cursed," was the mental comment of Constance. " My dear master," continued Dawson, " so loving and...

...is overgrown; and those who pass it after dark, hurry by with ' bated breath.' ' It was a merry spot in days of yore, But something ails it now — the place is cursed.' And he, whose voice was rough as the tempest, who had mingled in many of the murderous scenes...

...have said or thought, as they gazed on the ruins, and the lumbered site, — " A merry place it was in days of yore, But something ails it now ; the place is curs' d." But the void is filled up by Mr. Gye's magnificent building, one of the most commodious and...