 ... seen above the middle, death is not to be expected for the space of a year, and perhaps some months longer ; and as it is frequently seen to ascend higher towards the head, death is concluded to be at hand within a few days, if not hours, as daily...  The poetical works of Walter Scott - Страница 208по sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 698 страници
...judged according to the height of it about the person ; for if it be not seen above the middle, death is er pass by in his chamber. Mr Walton adds this as...relation which will beget some wonder, and well it may ; in a few days, if not hours, as daily experience confirms. Examples of this kind were shown the author,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 728 страници
...according to the height of it about the person ; i for if it be not seen above the middle, death is not to be expected for the space of a year, and perhaps...towards the head, death is concluded to be at hand in a few days, if not hours, as daily experience confirms. Examples of this kind were shown the author,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 332 страници
...height of it about the person; for if it is not seen above the middle, death is not to be expected fur the space of a year, and perhaps some months longer:...it is frequently seen to ascend higher towards the bead, death is con* eluded to be at hand within a few days, if not hour?, as daily experience confirms.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 страници
...it is seen above the middle, death is not to be expected for the trpace of a year, and perhaps same e drinks his life-blood from the vein.* Now to the...lattice turn his eyes, Vain hope! to see the sun arise. band within a few days, if not hours, as daily experience confirms- Exampies of this kind were shewn... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 372 страници
...year or longer, but as it comes nearer to the head it is expected sooner ; if to the very head, it is concluded to be at hand within a few days, if not hours. Of this we have an example, of which Mr. Martin was an eye-witness, concerning the death of his own... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 страници
...person. ; for if it is not seen above tbe middle, death is not to be expected for the apace of a yeai, and perhaps some months longer: and as it is frequently seen to ascend higher towards the bead, death is concluded to be at hand within a few days, if not hours, aa daily experience confirms.... | |
 | LORD MAHON - 1851 - 210 страници
...is seen above the middle, death is not to be expected " for the space of a year, but as it ascends higher towards the head, " death is concluded to be at hand, within a few days if not hours, as I 4 LAKDEBS, REXEMBEB EGYPT*—not in those hours of triumph and of glory was displayed a more firm... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 404 страници
...judged according to the height of it about the person ; for if it is not seen above the middle, death is not to be expected for the space of a year, and perhaps...daily experience confirms. Examples of this kind were shown me, when the person of whom the observations were then made was in perfect health. " It is ordinary... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 634 страници
...is seen above the middle, death ' is not to be expected for the space of a year, but as it ascends ' higher towards the head, death is concluded to be...days if not hours, as daily experience confirms." (Martin's Western Islands, 1716, p. 300, and Scott's Poetical Works, vol. viii. p. 306, ed. 1834.)... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 452 страници
...is seen above the middle, death is not to be expected " for the space of a year, but as it ascends higher towards the head, " death is concluded to be at hand, within a few days if not hours, as VOL. ill. X LANDERS, REMEMBER EGYPT* — not ill those llOUrS of triumph and of glory was displayed... | |
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