 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 420 páginas
...we call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; * He was in jail for debt. F. With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then wo be to those in the house who are... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 832 páginas
...the jaundice possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a wood- worm, That lies in old wood like a 'hare in her form; * He was in jail for debt. F. With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 618 páginas
...possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form; With...scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick: For,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 620 páginas
...possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form; With...scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For,... | |
 | 1814 - 258 páginas
...doctoratum." Quoth 1'reses, strictum post examcn, Nunc esto doctor j we said, Amen. THE DEATH WATCH. That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form .With...will scratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a SKATE WATCI; Because like a watch it always cries dick, Then wo be to those in the house \vho are sick... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 552 páginas
...above, p. 41. b Philos. Trans. 1781. 48. 38. e Nat. Hist. ii. 962. d VOL. 1. 2d Ed. 37 . VOL. II. 2 C With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a ,death- watch: Because like a watch it always cries click; Then woe he to those in the house who are... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 páginas
...With the feelings of these persons a well known satirist sports in the following lines : " A wood-worm With teeth or with claws, it will bite or will scratch,...And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch : Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then «'oe be to those in the house who are sick, For... | |
 | 1819 - 352 páginas
...aged chroniclers of the events pf other years. \QIh Fclmtary, J819, H, B. Death Watch. DEATH WATCH. ' A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form i With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a death... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 páginas
...possess'd, Or sick of obstructions and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a Wood-worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form ; With...And chambermaids christen this worm a Deathwatch, Because, like a watch, it always cries Click; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick; For as... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1823 - 556 páginas
...Phtios. Trans. 1781. 48. 38. d Nat. Hist. ii. 262. «Voi.. I. 4th Ed. p. 36. vOL. ii. 2 P " A wood-worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form : With...And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch ; Because like a watch it always' cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick ! For,... | |
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That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For,... 
