 A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is filled...  The Spectator - Page 40edited by - 1898Full view - About this book
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - Christian antiquities - 1777 - 466 pages
...has flruck more Terror than the Roaring of a Lion. Nothing, he obferves, is fo inconfiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an Imagination that is filled with Omens and Prognoftics : — A rufly Nailt W a crooked Pin {hoots up into Prodigies. For when we think Fate hovers... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...cricket hath ftruck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing fo inconfiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is filled with omens and prognoflicks. A rufty nail, or a crooked pin, moot up into prodigies. I remember I was once in a mixt... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is...shoot up into prodigies. I remember I was once in a mixt assembly that was full of noise and mirth, when on a sudden an old woman unluckily observed there... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...has struck more terror, than the roaring of a lion. Nothing, he observes, is so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is...omens and prognostics: a rusty nail, or a crooked pin, shoots up into prodigies. For when we think Fate hovers o'er our heads, Our apprehensions shoot beyond... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...ericket hath struck more terror than the roaring cf a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is...filled with omens and prognostics. A rusty nail, or a erooked pin, shoot up into prodigies. I remember I was once in a mixed assembly, that was full of noise... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 416 pages
...prognostics. A rusty nail, or a crooked pin, shoot up into prodigies. I remember I was once in a mixt assembly, that was full of noise and mirth, when on...unluckily observed there were thirteen of us in company. The remark struck a panic terror into several who were present, insomuch that one or two of the ladies... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderahle, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is filled with omens and prognusties. A rusty nail, or a crooked pin, shoot up into prodigies. I rememher I was once in a mixed... | |
 | John Brand - Great Britain - 1810 - 508 pages
...has struck more Terror than the Roaring of a Lion. Nothing, he observes, is so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an Imagination that is...and Prognostics : — A rusty Nail, or a crooked Pin shoots up into Prodigies. For when we think Fate hovers o'er our Heads, Our Apprehensions shoot beyond... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is...shoot up into prodigies. I remember I was once in a mixt assembly, that was full of noise and mirth, when on a sudden an old woman unluckily observed there... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is...shoot up into prodigies. I remember I was once in a mixt assembly, that was full of noise and mirth, when on a sudden an old woman unluckily observed there... | |
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