The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great BritainW.H. Allen & Company, 1886 - 641 pages |
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The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain, Volume 1 John Henry Ingram Affichage du livre entier - 1897 |
The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain John H. Ingram Affichage du livre entier - 1901 |
The Haunted Homes and Family Traditions of Great Britain John Henry Ingram Affichage du livre entier - 1886 |
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affair afterwards alarmed ancient apparition appeared became believed Berry Pomeroy Castle Bettiscombe Black Heddon boggart Bolling Hall brother buried Calverley Captain Castle chamber child Clegg Hall Clitheroe curious dark death died disturbances door dream dressed Earl eyes father figure gentleman ghost ghostly Glamis Glamis Castle hand haunted head heard Hinton Ampner horse hour inquiry John knocking known lady Lancashire legend light lived looked Lord mansion Mary King's Close Miss morning mother murder mystery narrative neighbourhood neighbouring never night noise o'clock old Hall passed person remarkable replied residence returned Robert Dale Owen round Sampford Peverell says seemed seen servants Sherbroke sister skull sleep Smithills Hall sound spectre spirit stairs story strange suddenly supernatural thought told took tradition Tregeagle walked walls whilst wife William window woman Wynyard young
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Page 515 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 535 - O'er Roslin all that dreary night A wondrous blaze was seen to gleam ; 'Twas broader than the watch-fire light, And redder than the bright moonbeam. It glared on Roslin's castled rock, It ruddied all the copse-wood glen ; 'Twas seen from Dryden's groves of oak, And seen from cavern'd Hawthornden.
Page 298 - I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you: I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child in her arms: this I have seen since I saw you.
Page 178 - tis held as faith, to their bed of death He comes— but not to grieve. When an heir is born he is heard to mourn, And when aught is to befall That ancient line, in the pale moonshine He walks, from hall to hall. His form you may trace, but not his face, 'Tis shadow'd by his cowl; But his eyes may be seen from the folds between, And they seem of a parted soul.
Page 603 - But, after an industrious search among his father's papers, an investigation among the public records, and a careful inquiry among all persons who had transacted law business for his father, no evidence could be recovered to support his defence. The period was now near at hand, when he conceived the loss of his lawsuit to be inevitable ; and he had formed...
Page 177 - I merely mean to say what Johnson said. That in the course of some six thousand years, All nations have believed that from the dead A visitant at intervals appears ; And what is strangest upon this strange head, Is, that whatever bar the reason rears 'Gainst such belief, there's something stronger still In its behalf, let those deny who will.
Page 86 - He then went close to the place, and said, sternly, " Thou deaf and dumb devil, why dost thou fright these children that cannot answer for themselves ?— come to me in my study, that am a man.
Page 535 - There are twenty of Roslin's barons bold Lie buried within that proud chapelle; Each one the holy vault doth hold— But the sea holds lovely Rosabelle.
Page 89 - Several gentlemen and clergymen now earnestly advised my father to quit the house. But he constantly answered: " No; let the Devil flee from me : I will never flee from the Devil.
Page 299 - Sure, sir, you have slept since I saw you; and this is the result of some melancholy dream, which I desire you to forget, for you are now awake.