 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 456 pages
...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 up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken,... | |
 | Rowland Hill - 1806 - 336 pages
...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 sure as...the maggot cries click, when it scratches the post ; As soon as they hear it, it shortens their breath, And they speedily die — because frighten-d to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 pages
...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 up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 pages
...like a watch it always cries click; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as §nre as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a. kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken,... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 pages
...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 up the Ghost, If the Maggot cries click, when it scratches the Post. * Pliny, in his Natural History, 29th Book, mentions the Cricket as imic'n esteemed by the antient... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 pages
...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 up the Ghost, If the Maggot cries click, when it scratches the Post. * Pliny, in his Natural History.'SPth Book, mentions the Cricket as much esteemed by the antient Magicians:... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...watch it always cries click : Then woe be to those in the house who are sick ; For, as sure as a pun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected: The omen is broken,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...always dies click: Then woe be to those in the house who arc sick ; For, as sure as a gun, they »ill give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. Hut a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber aiVected: The omen is broken,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...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 ghost, If the maggot cries click, when it scratches the post. DE BENE ESSE', a Latin phrase used in our law, expressing a doubtful approbation ; as to take or do... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 482 pages
...chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch : Because like a watch it always crips click: • Then woe be to those in the house who are sick, For sure as a sun, they will sive up' the shost, i If the magsot cries click, when it scratches the post. DE BENE... | |
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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 up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly... 
