 | 1812 - 560 pages
...prescribed as his last, was the very one he was expected to sleep at Dartford. On the fatal eveiling his Lordship had several of his friends about him,...pictures till 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... | |
 | 1811 - 438 pages
...last, was the very one he was expected to sleep at Dartford. On the fatal evening his Lordship bad several of his friends about him, who amused themselves...the family pictures till the hour of twelve o'clock ar rived. As some of them regarded it a phantom of his Lordship's brain, thry privately put the clock... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...spectre prescribed as his last, was the very one he was expected to sleep at Dartford. On the fata; evening his Lordship had several of his friends about...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.... | |
 | Evangelicalism - 1842 - 368 pages
...Dartford. On the fatal evening, his lordship had several of his friends about him, who amused themselves in looking at the family pictures till 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. As soon as... | |
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... alarmed at the circumstance, it made a deep impression upon him, and he determined to put off a visit he was to have paid Mr. Andrews that very week ; and the night which the spectre prescribed as his last, was the very one he was expected to sleep... 