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...click the hour of death." Swift ridicules this 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...

...appear, by the oU song, ' 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 elaws, it will bite, it will seratch. And chambermaids christen this worin a deathwatch. Because, like...

...Dean Swift, in his invective against wood. It furnishes us, too, with a charm to avert the omen: " 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 who are sick; For as...

...Errors, b. ii. e. 7. i Swift endeavoured to perform this useful task by means of ridicule, thus : ' "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 that are sick ! For,...

...b. ii. c. 7. Swift endeavoured to perform this useful task by means of ridicule, thus : "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 that are sick ! For,...

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...ticking sounds, is doubtful. The following are his lines : — " A wood-worm That lies in old wood, liko a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws it will bito, or will scratch. And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch ; Because, liko a watch, it...