 I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you. I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room with her hair hanging about her shoulders and a dead child in her arms. This I have seen since I saw you.  English Prose: Selections - Page 350edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 796 pages
...dreadful vision since I saw you : I hare seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child...melancholy dream, which I desire you to forget, for you arc now awake.' To which Mr. Donne's reply was, ' I cannot be surer that I now lire, than that I hare... | |
 | George Combe - 1845 - 498 pages
...dreadful vision since I saw you ; I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with iety not to offend those readers who would think it too directly religions. It is sometimes answered, ' Sum, Sir, you have slept since I went out ; and this is the result of some melancholy dream,... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1849 - 472 pages
...said, " I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you. I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child in her arms. This I have seen since I saw you." Sir Robert told him that he must have been taking an after-dinner nap in his chair, but Donne protested... | |
 | George Combe - 1850 - 452 pages
...dreadful vision since I saw you ; I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child...I have seen since I saw you.' To which Sir Robert answered, ' Sure, Sir, you have slept since I went out ; and this is the result of some melancholy... | |
 | Joseph Curtis Platt, George Lillie Craik - 1851 - 860 pages
...dreadful vision since I saw you : I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child...Robert replied : ' Sure, sir, you have slept since 1 saw you ; and this is the result of some melancholy dream, which I desire you to forget, for you... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1852 - 174 pages
...saw you : I have seen my dear wife pass twice hy me through this room, with her hair hanging ahout her shoulders, and a dead child in her arms : this I have seen since I saw you." To which Sir Rohert replied, " Sure, sir, you have slept since I saw you ; and this is the result of some melancholy... | |
 | 1850 - 426 pages
...pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child in ier arms. This I have seen since I saw you.' To which, Sir Robert answered, ' Sure, Sir, yon have slept since I went out ; .nd this is the result of some melancholy... | |
 | Edward Herbert (1st baron.) - 1853 - 534 pages
...dreadful vision since I saw you : I have seen ray dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child...melancholy dream, which I desire you to forget, for you arc now awake." To which Mr. Donne's reply was : " I cannot be rarer that I now live, than that I have... | |
 | Joseph Ennemoser - 1854 - 540 pages
...you left me I have seen a frightful vision, for I have seen my dear wife pass by me in the room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child in her arms." Sir Eobert replied, " Surely, Sir, you have slept since I left you, and this is the result of some... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1855 - 400 pages
...dreadful vision since I saw you ; I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through this room, with her hair hanging about her shoulders, and a dead child...result of some melancholy dream, which I desire you to target, for you are now awake.' To which Mr. Donne's reply was, ' I cannot be surer that I now live,... | |
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