 | Carl BAEDEKER, Karl Baedeker - 1861 - 382 pàgines
...to possess himself of her ring, she returned to the house of her husband, who, imagining he bcheld an apparition, declared he would sooner believe that...horses could ascend to the loft of his house than his departed spouse return iu propria persona. Scarcely had the words escaped his lips, says the legend,... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - 1868 - 662 pàgines
...Church. Being awakened from her trance by a thievish gravedigger in his attempts to possess himself of her ring, she returned to the house of her husband,...that his departed spouse should return in proprid persona. Scarcely had the words escaped his lips, says the legend, than horses' hoofs were heard mounting... | |
 | C. C. T. BARTEY - 1898
...made her way back to her husband's house ; but he, imagining that he saw an apparition, declared that he would sooner believe that his horses could ascend to the loft of his house than that his wife should return alive. Scarcely had he spoken when horses' hoofs were heard coming up the stair,... | |
 | Karl Stieler - 1898 - 450 pàgines
...made her way back to her husband's house ; but he, imagining that he saw an apparition, declared that he would sooner believe that his horses could ascend to the loft of his house than that his wife should return alive. Scarcely had he spoken when horses' hoofs were heard coming up the stair,... | |
 | Joel Cook - 1904 - 636 pàgines
...whereupon she ran in her grave clothes out of the church and to her husband's house. He, imagining that he beheld an apparition, declared he would sooner believe that his horses would go upstairs to the attic than that his dead wife could thus return alive. At once, horses' hoofs... | |
 | Montague Summers - 2001 - 372 pàgines
...Richmondis, wife of Knight Mengis von Aducht from a trance. Her husband declared he would sooner believe his horses could ascend to the loft of his house than that his wife should return from the tomb. Scarcely had he spoken the words, however when the heads of his horses... | |
 | 1914 - 840 pàgines
...Her husband, when he saw her, was sure he beheld an apparition and declared he would sooner believe his horses could ascend to the loft of his house than that his dead and buried wife could come to life again. Scarcely had he spoken his belief when he heard horses'... | |
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Scarcely had the words escaped his lips, says the legend, than horses' hoofs were heard mounting the stairs, and their heads were speedily seen looking out of a window in the upper story of the house. (Two horses' heads, affixed to the upper story of... 