 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - Christian antiquities - 1777 - 466 pages
...Douglas : In fuch a Place as this, at fuch an Hour, If Anceftry can be in aught believ'd, Defcending Spirits have convers'd with Man, And told the Secrets of the World unknown. In Scotland, Children dying unbaptized (called Tarans) were fuppofed to wander in Woods and Solitudes,... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...stirs the leaves I 46* The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits .have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...scarcely stirs the leaves ! The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence with a stilly sound, In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown,... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 462 pages
...stirs the leaves! 460 The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.... | |
 | Nicholas Rowe - 1797 - 452 pages
...stirs the leaves ! 460 The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes^ilence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in ought believed, Descending spirits have convers'd with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown.... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 486 pages
...scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled l>cd, Imposes silence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown. Enter... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 656 pages
...roar. '+ An if a spirit of their lathers spoke./roni a cloud of night.] HOME'S Douglas, infra, v. +. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown. are... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1808 - 404 pages
...scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry...with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown. Enter OLD NORVAL. Old Nor. Tis he. But what if he should chide me hence? Hisjust reproach I fear. [DOUGLAS... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1810 - 510 pages
...Conception of a Thought, which we know not whether to call more comical or more pointedly tatyrical. i Thus also in Home's Douglas: In such a Place as this,...aught believ'd, Descending Spirits have convers'd with Mau, . . Aud told (he Secrets of the World unknown. In Scotland, Children dying unliaptized (called... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught believed, Descending spirits have conversed with man, And told the secrets of the world unknown. Enter... | |
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Through skies, where I could count each little star. The fanning west wind scarcely stirs the leaves ; The river, rushing o'er its pebbled bed, Imposes silence, with a stilly sound. In such a place as this, at such an hour, If ancestry can be in aught... 
