 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...into the bed-chamber where two of the commissioners and their servants lay, in the shape of a dog, which going under their beds, did as it were gnaw the bed-cords ; but on the morrow finding them whvile, and a quarter of beef which lay on (he ground untouched, they began to entertain other thoughts.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1819 - 584 pages
...into the bed-chamber where two of the commissioners and their servants lay, in the shape of a dog, which going under their beds, did as it were gnaw...finding them whole, and a quarter of beef which lay OB the ground untouched, they began to entertain other thoughts. October 17, something to their thinking... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 pages
...into the bed-chamber where two of the commissioners and their servants lay, in the shape of a dog, which going under their beds, did as it were gnaw...untouched, they began to entertain other thoughts. October 17, something to their thinking removed all the wood of the King's oak out of the dining-room... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Magic - 1851 - 356 pages
...their servant lay, in the shape of a dog, which going under their bed, did, as it were, gnaw their bed-cords ; but on the morrow finding them whole,...untouched, they " began to entertain other thoughts." October 1 7th. — Something, to their thinking, removed all the wood of the king's oak out of the... | |
 | 1851 - 542 pages
...of a dog, which going under their bed, did as it were gnaw their bed-cords; but on the morrow fmding them whole, and a quarter of beef which lay on the ground untouched, they 'began to entertain other thoughts.'—October 17th. Something, to their thinking, removed all the wood of the king's oak out... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Magic - 1852 - 644 pages
...under their bed, did, as it were, gnaw their bed-cords ; but on the morrow finding them whole, and n quarter of beef which lay on the ground untouched, they " began to entertain other thought»." October 17. — Something, to their thinking, removed all the wood of the king's oak out... | |
 | Charles W. Roback - Astrology - 1854 - 246 pages
...their servant lay, in the shape of a dog, wnich going under their bed, did, as it were, gnaw their bed-cords ; but on the morrow finding them whole,...untouched, they " began to entertain other thoughts." October 17. — Something, to their thinking, removed all the wood of the king's oak out of the dining-room... | |
 | George Sinclair - Demonology - 1871 - 492 pages
...their Servants lay, in the shape of a Dog which going under their beds, did as it were, gnaw their Bed-cords. But on the morrow finding them whole, and...quarter of Beef, which lay on the ground untouched, they began'to entertain other thoughts. October 17- Something to their thinking removed all the Wood of... | |
 | Edward Marshall - Woodstock (England) - 1874 - 148 pages
...the poorer sort of whom he was always beneficial." Ibid., col. 44. vants lay, in the shape of a dog, which going under their beds, did, as it were, gnaw the bed-cords • "October 17th, something to their thinking removed all the wood of th« ' King's Oak ' out of the... | |
 | Frank Hamel - Animals - 1915 - 330 pages
...servants lay), in the shape of a dog, which, going under their beds, did as it were gnaw their bed cords, but on the morrow finding them whole and a quarter...untouched they began to entertain other thoughts." On the following day, the 1 7th, some evil spirit hurled the chairs and stools up and down the Presence... | |
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October 14 and 15 they had little disturbance, but on the 16th there came, as they thought, something into the bed-chamber where two of the commissioners and their servants lay... 
