 | England - 1859 - 826 pages
...happened, they were easily induced to return. Meanwhile I had opened the tablet : it was bound in a plain red leather, with a silver clasp; it contained...inanimate, living or dead — as moves the needle, so work my will ! Accursed be the house, and restless the dwellers therein." n We found no more. Mr. J... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 620 pages
...happened, they were easily induced to return. Meanwhile I had opened the tablet : it was bound in a plain red leather, with a silver clasp ; it contained...inanimate, living or dead — as moves the needle, so work my will! Accursed be the house, and restless the dwellers there• burnt "We found no more. Mr.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 618 pages
...happened, they were easily induced to return. Meanwhile I had opened the tablet : it was bound in a plain red leather, with a silver clasp ; it contained...inanimate, living or dead — as moves the needle, so work my will ! Accursed be the house, and restless the dwellers thereburnt We found no more. Mr. Jthc... | |
 | Literature - 1861 - 878 pages
...not strong nor displeasing odor came from this drawer, which was lined with a wood that we afterward discovered to be hazel. Whatever the cause of this...inanimate, living or dead — as moves the needle, so work my will ! Accursed be the house, and j restless be the dwellers therein." We found no more. Mr.... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1864 - 378 pages
...that ran through my whole frame, so that I dropped the saucer on the floor. The liquid was spilt — the saucer was broken— the compass rolled to the...inanimate, living or dead— as moves the needle, so work my will ! Accursed be the house, and restless be the dwellers therein." We found no more. Mr.... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1865 - 396 pages
...on the 83* floor. The liquid was spilt — the saucer was broken — the compass rolled to the other end of the room — and at that instant the walls...and on that sheet were inscribed, within a double pentade, words in old monkish Latin, which are literally to be translated thus: — " On all that it... | |
 | Charles Casey - Pyramids - 1876 - 634 pages
...that ran through my whole frame, so that I dropped the saucer on the floor. The liquid was spilt — the saucer was broken— the compass rolled to the...words in old monkish Latin, which are literally to i be translated thus: "On nil that it c»n reach within these walls — sentient or inanimate, living... | |
 | Magdalen School (University of Oxford) - Private schools - 1880 - 540 pages
...happened, they were easily induced to return. Meanwhile I had opened the tablet : it was bound in a plain red leather, with a silver clasp ; it contained...inanimate, living or dead — as moves the needle, so work my will ! Accursed be the house, and restless be the dwellers therein." We found no more. Mr.... | |
 | 1892 - 396 pages
...more happened they «, FELT A SHOCK THAT RAN THROUGH were easily induced to return. MY WHOLE FRAME." Meanwhile I had opened the tablet ; it was bound in...inanimate, living or dead — as moves the needle, so work my will ! Accursed be the house, and restless be the dwellers therein." We found no more. Mr.... | |
 | William Patten - Detective and mystery stories - 1906 - 444 pages
...not strong nor displeasing odor came from this drawer, which was lined with a wood that we afterward discovered to be hazel. Whatever the cause of this...inanimate, living or dead — as moves the needle, so work my will! Accursed be the house, and restless be the dwellers therein." We found no more. Mr. J... | |
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The liquid was spilled; the saucer was broken; the compass rolled to the end of the room, and at that instant the walls shook to and fro, as if a giant had swayed and rocked them. The two workmen were so frightened that they ran up the ladder by which... 
