 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 498 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...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,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 498 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...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,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1886 - 136 páginas
...usually from seven to eleven. Dean Swift gives the following fanciful description of the creature : — " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in...And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch, Because, like a watch, it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house \vho are sick ; For... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1889 - 418 páginas
...hour of death." Swift ridicules the absurd superstition in the following manner : — " A wood-worm that lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws it will bite, it will scratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a death-watch , Because, like a watch, it will... | |
 | William James Rolfe - 1889 - 210 páginas
...to eleven. Dean Swift (1667-1745) gives the following fanciful description of the creature : — " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in...will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watchj Because, like a watch, it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house who are... | |
 | 1896 - 428 páginas
...suggested, it would appear, by the old song of " A cobbler there was, and he lived in a stall," runs thus: A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws, it will bite, it will scratch; And chambermaids christen this worm a Death-watch, Because, like a watch, it always... | |
 | 1899 - 628 páginas
...in order to say two things — first, that despite Swift's laughter at the fear of this insect — That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth and with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch, Because,... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 páginas
...contrasted with the witty vivacity of Swift, who furnishes, moreover, a charm to avert the omen — " A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a Hare in...will scratch. 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... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1902 - 466 páginas
...with these noises." following amusing, as well as practical, charm to avert the fatal omen : — " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in...will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen the worm a death-watch : Because like a watch, it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1902 - 490 páginas
...as well as practical, charm to avert the fatal omen : — " A wood worm That lies in old wood, 'ike a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen the worm a death-watch : Because like a watch.it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house... | |
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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,... 
