 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 pàgines
...possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. • The next js a,n insect lye 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 - 1808 - 472 pàgines
...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...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 pàgines
...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 teeth or with claws it M'ill bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch ; Because like a watch... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 pàgines
...St. Patrick's, in his Invective against Wood, gives a fine philosophical Account of the Death- Watch* A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a Hare in...will scratch, And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Dcath-Watch : Because, like a Watch, it always cries click ; Then Woe be to those in the House who... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 pàgines
...St. Patrick's, in his Invective against Wood, gives a fine philosophical Account of the Death-Watch* A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a Hare in...form : With Teeth or with Claws it will bite or will srratch, And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Death-Watch : Because, like a Watch, it always cries... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pàgines
...obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a iBood-worm, That lies in old iroorf like a hare in her form ! With teeth or with claws...will scratch; And chambermaids christen this worm a dead watch, Because like a watch it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house who are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pàgines
...and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a troorf-wurm, ^*hat lies in old u-ortrf like1 a hare in her form ! With teeth or with claws it will...will scratch ; And chambermaids christen this worm a dead watch, Because like a watch it always dies click: Then woe be to those in the house who arc sick... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 482 pàgines
...indicative of approaching death in a family are • well displayed by a poet of our own. . _______ 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 crips click: • Then woe be to those in the house who are sick, For... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 962 pàgines
...indicative of approaching death in a family are • well displayed by a poet of our own. • 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 iu the house who are sick, _ For... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pàgines
...indicative of approaching death in a family are well displayed by a poet of our own. • 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 snre... | |
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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,... 
