 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...animal or not, he could not say ; but he had reason to suspect that it changes into a sort of ily . The folly and weakness of those who consider the noise...watch it always cries click: Then woe be to those in the house who are sick, For snre as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 832 pages
...we call a wood- worm, That lies in old wood like a 'hare in her form; * He was in jail for debt. F. With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deatluvatcb; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then wo be to those in the house who are... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 420 pages
...the jaundice possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; * He was in jail for debt. F. With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 620 pages
...the jaundice possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in...watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If th,e maggot cries... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 618 pages
...the jaundice possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in...watch it always cries click; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick: For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries... | |
 | 1814 - 258 pages
...doctoratum." Quoth 1'reses, strictum post examcn, Nunc esto doctor j we said, Amen. THE DEATH WATCH. That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form .With...will scratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a SKATE WATCI; Because like a watch it always cries dick, Then wo be to those in the house \vho are sick... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 552 pages
...house in which it is heard. Thus sings the muse of the witty Dean of St. Patrick on this subject : " A wood-worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form : a See above, p. 41. b Philos. Trans. 1781. 48. 38. e Nat. Hist. ii. 962. d VOL. 1. 2d Ed. 37 . VOL.... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 822 pages
...With the feelings of these persons a well known satirist sports in the following lines : " A wood-worm With teeth or with claws, it will bite or will scratch,...Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then «'oe be to those in the house who are sick, For sure as a gnn they will give up the ghost, If the... | |
 | 1819 - 352 pages
...J819, H, B. Death Watch. DEATH WATCH. ' A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form i With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chamber-maids christen this worm a death watch i Because like a watch it always cries click, Then woe be to those in the house that are... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...her jaundice possess'd, Or sick of obstructions and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a Wood-worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in...watch, it always cries Click; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick; For as sure as a gun they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries Click... | |
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That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For,... 
