 | Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 520 pages
...supper in their garden-house, she being pleasant, told him, that she had been informed he could resolve whether man or wife should die first; 'Whether shall...so he called her,) thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' — ' Yea, but how long first?' ' I shall die,' said he, ' ere Thursday night.' Monday... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1811 - 520 pages
...that she had been informed he could resolve whether man or wife should die first; ' Whether shall 1,' quoth she, 'bury you or no?' — 'Oh, Trunco, (for...so he called her,) thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' — ' Yea, but how long first t' ' I shall die,' said he, ' ere Thursday night.' Monday... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1811 - 536 pages
...' bury you or no ?' — ' Ob, Trunco, (for so he culled her,) thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' — ' Yea, but how long first?' ' I shall die,' said he, ' ere Thursday night.' Monday came, all was well ; Tuesday came, he not sick; Wednesday came, and still... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 1036 pages
...garden-house, she being pleasant, told him that she had been in'orme'l he could resolve whether wan or wife should die first. Whether shall I (quoth she)...it. Yea, but how long first ? I shall die, said he, persons of this profession, among whom were Capt. Bubb, the Rev. Dr. Napier, and Francis Moore, the... | |
 | James Caulfield - Great Britain - 1813 - 184 pages
...supper in their garden-house, she being pleasant, told him that she had been informed he could resolve, whether man or wife should die first ; Whether shall...so he called her, thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it. Yea, but how long first ? I shall die, said he, ere Thursday night. Monday came, all... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1813 - 936 pages
...garden-house, she being pleasant, told him that she had been iniormed he could resolve whether roan or wife should die first. Whether shall I (quoth she) bury you or no ? Oh Trunco, Mm no he called her) thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt sore repent it. Yea, but how long first ? I shall... | |
 | Sir Anthony Weldon - Great Britain - 1817 - 80 pages
...supper in their garden-house, she being pleasant, told him that she had been informed he could resolve, whether man or wife should die first; Whether shall...for so he called her, thou wilt bury me, but thou will much repent it. Yea, but how long first ? I shall die, said he, ere Thursday Night. Monday came,... | |
 | England - 1851 - 786 pages
...pleasant, told him that she had been informed he could resolve whether man or wife should die first. i Whether shall I,' quoth she, ' bury you or no ! ' ' Oh, Trunco'— for so he called her — ' thou shalt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' ' Yea, but how long first ! ' ' I shall die,' said he,... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1820 - 402 pages
...supper in their garden-house, she being pleasant, told him, that she had been informed he could resolve whether man or wife should die first ; ' Whether shall...he called her, ' thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' ' Yea, but how long first ?' ' I shall die,' said he, ' ere Thursday night.' Monday... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 404 pages
...supper in their garden-house, she being pleasant, told him, that she had been informed he could resolve whether man or wife should die first; ' Whether shall...he called her, ' thou wilt bury me, but thou wilt much repent it.' ' Yea, but how long first ?' ' I shall die,' said he, ' ere Thursday night.' Monday... | |
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Monday came, all was well. Tuesday came, he not sick. Wednesday came, and still he was well ; with which his impertinent wife did much twit him in the teeth. 
