 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 pages
...possest, Or sick of obstructions, and pains in her chest. • The next js a,n insect lye call a wood-worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With...worm a deathwatch ; Because like a 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... | |
 | Rowland Hill - 1806 - 336 pages
...but another much smaller insect, found in the wood of old houses. Then tell all your grannies it is a wood worm, That lies in old wood like a hare in...And chamber-maids christen this worm a death-watch j Because like a watch, it always cries click, Then woe be to those in the house who are sick; For... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 pages
...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; With...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 pages
...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; With teeth or with claws it M'ill bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch ; Because like a watch... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 pages
...St. Patrick's, in his Invective against Wood, gives a fine philosophical Account of the Death- Watch* A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a Hare in...will scratch, And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Dcath-Watch : Because, like a Watch, it always cries click ; Then Woe be to those in the House who... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 pages
...St. Patrick's, in his Invective against Wood, gives a fine philosophical Account of the Death-Watch* A Wood Worm That lies in old wood, like a Hare in...form : With Teeth or with Claws it will bite or will srratch, And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Death-Watch : Because, like a Watch, it always cries... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...obstructions, and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a iBood-worm, That lies in old iroorf like a hare in her form ! With teeth or with claws...will scratch; And chambermaids christen this worm a dead watch, Because like a watch it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house who are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...and pains in her chest. The next is an insect we call a troorf-wurm, ^*hat lies in old u-ortrf like1 a hare in her form ! With teeth or with claws it will...will scratch ; And chambermaids christen this worm a dead watch, Because like a watch it always dies click: Then woe be to those in the house who arc sick... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...indicative of approaching death in a family are well displayed by a poet of our own. • a wood-worm, That lies in old wood, like a hare in her form ; With...worm a death-watch : Because like a 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 420 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 death watch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then wo be to those in the house who are... | |
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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... 
