 | 1812 - 560 pages
...the hour of twelve o'clock arrived. A* some of them regarded it a. phantom of his Lordship's brain, they privately put the clock forward a few minutes....which he went up to bed, and his valet brought him up some trifling medicine to take, but had forgotten a spoofc to stir it ; he sent him down for one... | |
 | 1811 - 438 pages
...brain, thry privately put the clock forward a few minute s. As soon as i struck, he turned round to .ill who were about him, and said, " You see I have cheated the ghost !" — Upon which he went up to bed, am! bis valet brought him lome trifling medicine to take, but had forgotten a spoon to stir it he sent... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...the hour of twelve o'clock arrived. As some of them rcgarded it u phantom of his Lordship's brain, they privately put the clock forward a few minutes....which he went up to bed, and his valet brought him up some trifling medicine to take, but had forgotten a spoon to stir it ; he sent him down for one... | |
 | Arminianism - 1812 - 1006 pages
...ftruck, he turned round to all who were about him, and faid, ' You fee I hare cheated the ghoft !' Upon which he went up to bed, and his valet brought him fome trifling medicine to take, but had forgotten a fpoon to Itir it: he fent him down for one; and,... | |
 | Evangelicalism - 1842 - 368 pages
...the hour of twelve o'clock arrived. As some of them regarded it as a phantom of his lordship's brain, they privately put the clock forward a few minutes....all who were about him, and said, " You see I have jockeyed the ghost!" Upon which he went up to bed, and his valet brought him some trifling medicine... | |
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Upon which he went up to bed, and his valet brought him up some trifling medicine to take, but had forgotten a spoon to stir it ; he sent him down for one ; and on his return, found him actually a corpse on the bed ! he looked at his Lordship's fine stop-watch,... 