Twas no long Time before this Xantippe made Mr. Thimble's Prediction good ; and when he died, the last Words he spake were : Oracle, Oracle, Tom Thimble, and so he gave up the Ghost. A Topographical History of Surrey - Página 52de Edward Wedlake Brayley, John Britton, Edward William Brayley - 1842Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1882 - 994 páginas
...before this Xantippe made Mr. Thimble's prediction good, and when he died the last words he [Goffe] spake were: ' Oracle ! oracle ! Tom Thimble !' and so he gave up the ghost !" Poor old Goffe ! I do not think the immediate neighborhood of his little church could have cheered... | |
| 1882 - 988 páginas
...before this Xantippe made Mr. Thimble's prediction good, and when he died the last words he [Goffe] spake were: ' Oracle ! oracle ! Tom Thimble !' and so he gave up the ghost!" Poor old Goffe ! I do not think the immediate neighborhood of his little church could have cheered... | |
| 1900 - 408 páginas
...his friends took their final leave of him. 'Twas no long time before this Xantippe made Mr. Thimble's prediction good, and when he died the last words he spake were, ' Oracle, Oracle, Tom Thimble.' " The Rev. Joseph Greenhill, author of an " Essay on the Prophecy of the Millennium," a sermon against... | |
| Eric Parker - 1908 - 482 páginas
...friends took their final leave of him. 'Twas no long time before this Xanthippe made Mr. Thimble's prediction good ; and when he died, the last words...Oracle, Tom Thimble,' and so he gave up the ghost." to Hatchlands one of the prettiest and completest farmsteads in the county. The building in the neighbourhood... | |
| John Aubrey - 1982 - 340 páginas
...time before this Xantippe* made Mr Thimble's prediction good; and when he died the last words he spoke were: 'Oracle, oracle, Tom Thimble,' and so he gave up the ghost. Edward Gunter 1581-1626 Captain Ralph Greatorex, mathematical instrument maker in London, said that... | |
| John Aubrey - 1999 - 550 páginas
...his Friends took their final Leave of him. 'Twas no long Time before this Xantippe made Mr. Thimble's Prediction good ; and when he died, the last Words...Oracle, Tom Thimble, and so he gave up the Ghost. John Graunt [Born 1620. Statistician. He gained such esteem by his integrity as a merchant that he... | |
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