 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton- Dyer - 1878 - 344 pages
...pangs of death, a bird with a white breast was seen fluttering about his bed, and so vanish'd. " ' Here lies also Mary Oxenham, the sister of the said...hard by, James Oxenham, the son of the said John, who dyed a child in his cradle a little after. And such a bird was seen fluttering about his head a little... | |
 | William Jones - Superstition - 1880 - 634 pages
...with the pangs of death, a bird with a white breast was seen fluttering about his bed and so vanish'd. Here lies, also, Mary Oxenham, the sister of the said...hard by, James Oxenham, the son of the said John, who dyed a child in his cradle, a little after, and such a bird was seen fluttering about his head a little... | |
 | William Henry Kearley Wright - Cornwall (England : County) - 1884 - 344 pages
...young man in whose Chamber as he was strngling with the pangs of Death, a Bird with a white Breast, was seen fluttering about his Bed, and so vanished....day, and the same Apparition was seen in the Room. Then another Sister is spoke of. Then, Here lies hard by James Oxenham, the son of the said John, who... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Bibliomania - 1886 - 200 pages
...the pangs of death, a Bird with a White-brest was seen fluttering about his bed, and so vanish 'd. "Here lies also Mary Oxenham the sister of the said...day, and the same Apparition was seen in the Room. " Then another sister is spoke of. Then, Here lies hard by James Oxenham, the son of the said John,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Bibliomania - 1886 - 200 pages
...the next day, and the same Apparition was seen in the Room. " Then another sister is spoke of. Then, Here lies hard by James Oxenham, the son of the said...who died a child in his cradle a little after, and stick a Bird was seen fluttering about his head, a little before he expir d, which vanish' d afterwards.... | |
 | Phrenology - 1882 - 688 pages
...in whose chamber, as he was struggling with the pangs of death, a bird 198 199 with a white breast was seen fluttering about his bed, and so vanished. Here lies also Mary Oxenham, sister of the said John, who died the next day, and the same apparition was seen in the room." Then... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Epitaphs - 1888 - 578 pages
...friend, Will Wheatly. chamber, as he was struggling with the pangs of death, a bird with a WHITE BREAST was seen fluttering about his bed, and so vanished. " Here lies also MARY OXEHHAM, sister of the above John, who died the next day, and the same apparition was in the room.... | |
 | James Howell - England - 1890 - 704 pages
...the next day, and the same apparition was seen in the Room. Then another Sister is spoke of. Then, Here lies hard by James Oxenham, the Son of the said John, who died a Child in his Cradle a litt/e after; and such a Bird was seen fluttering about his head, a little before he expired, which... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 628 pages
...young man, in whose chamber, as he was struggling with the pangs of death, a bird with a white breast was seen fluttering about his bed, and so vanished....day, and the same apparition was seen in the room." Then another sister is spoke of. Then — " Here lies hard by James Oxenham, the son of the said John,... | |
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Here lies hard by James Oxenham, the son of the said John, who died a child in his cradle a little after, and such a bird was seen fluttering about his head a little before he expired, which vanished afterwards. 
