 ... turn round, which motion continued advancing till it came to the place where they were, whereupon they began to bless themselves ; but one of their number being, it seems, a little more bold and confident than his companions, said ' Horse and Hattock...  Publications - Page 6041833Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...confident than his compa" nions, said, ' Horse and Hattock, with my top,' and imme" diately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, " but could not see which way it was carried, by reason " of a cloud of dust which was raised at the same time. * They... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...confident than his companions, said, ' Horse and Hat' " tock with my top,' and immediately they all saw the top " lifted up from the ground, but could not see which " way it was carried, by reason of a cloud of dust which " was raised at the same time. They... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1833 - 398 pages
...confident than his com-- panions, said ' Horse and Hattoch with my top, ' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not see which way it was carried, by reason of a cloud of dust which was raised at the same time. They sought... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...and confident than his companions, said '•Horse and Hattuck with my lo\>,' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not see which way it was carried, by reason of a cloud of dust which was raised at the same time. They sought... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...confident than hia companions, said '//orse and lltittock with rtiy top,' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not see which way it was earned, by reason of a cloud of dust which wan laised at the same time. They sought... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Anglo-Saxons - 1846 - 324 pages
...and confident than his companions) said, ' Horse and hattock with my top !' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not...cloud of dust which was raised at the same time." We might mention several instances of the belief in western Europe during the middle ages, that persons... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Ballads, English - 1846 - 328 pages
...and confident than his companions) said, ' Horse and hattock with my top !' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not see what way it was carried, by reasonofacloudofdust which was raised at the same time . ' ' • We might mention several instances... | |
 | John Hill Burton - Scotland - 1852 - 332 pages
...Whereupon they began to bless themselves. But one of their number (being, it seems a little more hold and confident than his companions) said ' horse and...cloud of dust which was raised at the same time." From the many persons mentioned in such narratives, a hasty reader might derive the notion that there... | |
 | John Hill Burton - Crime - 1852 - 324 pages
...number (being, it seems a little more bold and confident than his companions) said ' horse and hattoch with my top,' and immediately they saw the top lifted...cloud of dust which was raised at the same time." From the many persons mentioned in such narratives, a hasty reader might derive the notion that there... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 pages
...and confident than his companions, said ' Horse and Hattock with my top,' and immediately they all saw the top lifted up from the ground, but could not see which way it was carried, by reason of a cloud of dust which was raised at the same time. They sought... | |
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