 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 456 страница
...in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always...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... | |
 | 1850 - 376 страница
...opportunity of seeing several specimens of the widely celebrated Death Watch, so named Because, like a natch, It always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick! But a kettle of scalding-hot water Injected Infallibly cures the timber afl'ected : The omen is broken,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 страница
...in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch. And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always...house who are sick: For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, Jf the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot... | |
 | Rowland Hill - 1806 - 336 страница
...teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And 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 a gun they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click, when it scratches the post ;... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 страница
...teeth or with claws it M'ill bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch ; Because like a watch it always cries click; Then woe...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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 472 страница
...teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death watch ; Because 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.... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 страница
...in her form : With Teeth or with Claws it will bite or will srratch, And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Death-Watch : Because, like a Watch, it always...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... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 страница
...Teeth or with Claws it will bite or will scratch, And Chambermaids christen this Worm a Dcath-Watch : Because, like a Watch, it always cries click ; Then...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 страница
...teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch; And chambermaids christen this worm a dead watch, Because like a watch it always cries click : Then...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... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 страница
...in her form ; With teeth or with claws, it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a death-watch : Because like a watch it always...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.... | |
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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... 
