 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1823 - 556 pages
...p. 41. * Phtios. Trans. 1781. 48. 38. d Nat. Hist. ii. 262. «Voi.. I. 4th Ed. p. 36. vOL. ii. 2 P " 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, sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 352 pages
...her jaundice possest, Or sick of obstructions and pains in her chei>t* The next is an insect we call a Wood-worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will hite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a Deathwatch, Because, like a watch, it always... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...Swift, in his invective against Wood. It furnishes us too with a charm to avert the -" A wood Worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With...will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a Death Watch; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick; Because, like a watch, it always cries... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...in l.is invective against Wood. It furnishes us too with a charm to avert the omen. f A wood Worm, That lies in old wood, like, a hare in her form, With...will scratch, . And chambermaids christen this worm a Death Watch ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick ; Because, like a watch, it always «ie»... | |
 | Henry Teonge - 1825 - 364 pages
...lively account of one of these insects, and furnishes us with a charm to avert the omen. " a wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With...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... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 416 pages
...lies in old wood, like a bare in he^fozm; With teeth, or with claws, it will bite or will icratcli ; And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch...Because, like a watch, it always cries click ; Then wo be to those in the house who are sick ; For sure as a gun they will give up the ghost If the maggot... | |
 | James Rennie - 1831 - 434 pages
...appear, by the old song of " A cobbler there was, and he lived in a stall," runs thus :— " A wood worm That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form, With teeth or with claws, it will bile, it will scratch; And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch; Because, like a watch, it... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...has let fly the shafts of satire, as well as furnished a charm to avert the omen, as follows : — " A wood-worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in...will scratch ; And chambermaids christen this worm a Death- Watch, Because, like a watch, it always cries click ; Then wo be to those in the house who are... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...contains an effectual charm against the omen : — A wood worm. That lies in old wood, like a bar? in her form, With teeth or with claws, It will bite...will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch : Because like a watch it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house who are... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...which contains an effectual charm against the omen :— • A wood worm, That lies in old wood, like я hare in her form. With teeth or with claws, it will...will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm ж death watch : Because like a watch it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house who... | |
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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,... 
