 | 1869 - 330 strani
...said, it must have been some accidental noise from the wainscot's cracking in dry weather—" though I could have sworn at the moment,'' cried she, "that...if one was superstitious, might sometimes make one uneasy. Many of the neighbours, some years ago, used to say to me, that they wondered I was not afraid... | |
 | 1870 - 322 strani
...said, it must have been some accidental noise from the wainscot's cracking in dry weather — " though I could have sworn at the moment," cried she, " that...if one was superstitious, might sometimes make one uneasy. Many of the neighbours, some years ago, used to say to me, that they wondered I was not afraid... | |
 | Treasury - 1872 - 166 strani
...said, it must have been some accidental noise from the wainscot's cracking in dry weather—" though I could have sworn at the moment," cried she, " that...if one was superstitious, might sometimes make one uneasy. Many of the neighbours, some years ago, used to say to me, that they wondered I was not afraid... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 2002 - 596 strani
...represents the landed gentry. He is, like Mrs. Rayland, overly concerned with lineage. Mrs. Leonard now thought proper to give another turn to the incident....if one was superstitious, might sometimes make one uneasy. 1 —Many of the neighbours some years ago used to say to me, that they wondered I was not... | |
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I could have sworn at the moment,'' cried she, "that something very hard, like a stone or a stick, had been thrown into the room. However, to be sure, I must have been mistaken, for certainly there is nobody in the court : and really one does recollect... 