| Samuel Bulfinch Emmons - 1857 - 302 páginas
...who had there committed suicide. In the night, he awoke under the influence of a frightful dream, and found himself sitting up in bed with a pistol grasped in his right hand. On looking around the room, he now discovered, by the moonlight, a corpse, dressed in a shroud, reared... | |
| 1813 - 596 páginas
...window to be buried. Placing his arc-anus by his bed-side he went to sleep, but in a dream " Beheld a frightful apparition, and awaking in agony found...grasped in his right hand. ' On casting a fearful glance round the room, he discovered by the moonlight, a corpse, dressed in a shroud reared erect against... | |
| John Ferriar - 1813 - 166 páginas
...strong and well defined. Having thus had an opportunity of discovering the whole secret of this ful apparition, and awaking in agony, found himself sitting...grasped in his right hand. On casting a fearful glance round the room, he discovered, by the moon-light, a corpse, dressed in a shroud, reared erect, against... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1814 - 240 páginas
...intrusion of any kind, by the bedside, and retired to rest, not without some degree of apprehension. He was visited, in a dream, by a frightful apparition...grasped in his right hand. On casting a fearful glance round the room, he discovered, by the moon-light, a corpse, dressed in a shroud, reared erect against... | |
| Joseph Taylor - 1815 - 268 páginas
...intrusion of any kind, by the bedside, and retired to rest, not without some degree of apprehension. He was visited, in a dream, by a frightful apparition ; and, awaking in ;igony, found himself sitting up in bed^ with a pistol grasped in his right hand. On casting a fearful... | |
| 1820 - 344 páginas
...intrusion of any kind, by the bedside, and retired to rest, not without some degree of apprehension. He was visited in a dream by a frightful apparition,...himself sitting up in bed, with a pistol grasped in his hand. On casting a fearful glance round the room, he discovered by the moon light, a corpse dressed... | |
| Samuel Hibbert - 1825 - 514 páginas
...intrusion of any kind, by the bed-side, and retired to rest, not without some degree of apprehension. He was visited, in a dream, by a frightful apparition,...grasped in his right hand. On casting a fearful glance round the room, he discovered, by the moonlight, a corpse dressed in a shroud, reared erect against... | |
| John Abercrombie - 1832 - 392 páginas
...who had there committed suicide. In the night he awoke under the influence of a frightful dream, and found himself sitting up in bed with a pistol grasped in his right-hand. On looking round the room he now discovered, by the moonlight, a corpse dressed in a shroud... | |
| 1833 - 460 páginas
...intrusion of any kind by the bedside, and retired to rest, not without some degree of apprehension. He was visited in a dream by a frightful apparition,...grasped in his right hand. On casting a fearful glance round the room, lie discovered by the moonlight a corpse, dressed in a shroud, reared erect, against... | |
| 1834 - 576 páginas
...intrusion of any kind, by the bed-side and retired to rest, not without some degree of apprehension. He was visited in a dream by a frightful apparition,...grasped in his right hand. On casting a fearful glance round the room, he discovered by the moonlight a corpse dressed in a shroud, reared erect against the... | |
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