 | Francisco de Quevedo - 1798 - 308 páginas
...fpiders being all ftarved to death. He put fpells upon the mice, for fear they fliould gnaw fome fcraps of bread he kept. His bed was on the floor, and he always lay upon one fide, for fear of wearing out the fliccts ; in fliort, he was - the fuperlative degree of... | |
 | 1821 - 772 páginas
...coffin. As for his chamber, there was not so much as a cobweb in it, the spiders being all starred to death. He put spells upon the mice, for fear they...kept. His bed was on the floor, and he always lay upon one side, for fear of wearing out the sheets. In short, he was the superlative degree of avarice,... | |
 | 1821 - 770 páginas
...served for an ordinary coffin. Is Tor his chamber, there was not so much as a cobweb in it, the piders being all starved to death. He put spells upon the mice, for ear they should gnaw some scraps of bread he kept. His bed was n the floor, ana he always lay upon... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1832 - 378 páginas
...death. Each shoe might have served for an ordinary coffin. As for his chamber, there was not so much as a cobweb in it, the spiders being all starved to death....for fear they should gnaw some scraps of bread he treasured up. His bed was on the floor, and he always lay upon one side, from fear of wearing out the... | |
 | 1832 - 360 páginas
...death. Each shoe might have served for an ordinary coffin. As for his chamber, there was not so much as a cobweb in it, the spiders being all starved to death....for fear they should gnaw some scraps of bread he treasured up. His bed was on the floor, and he always lay upon one side, from fear of wearing out the... | |
 | 1841 - 558 páginas
...death. Each shoe might have served for an ordinary coffin. As for his chamber, there was not so much as a cobweb in it, the spiders being all starved to death....kept. His bed was on the floor, and he always lay upon one side, for fear of wearing out the sheets ; in short, he was the superlative degree of avarice,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1841 - 558 páginas
...an ordinary coffin. As for his chamher, there was not so much as a cohweh in it, the spiders heing all starved to death. He put spells upon the mice, for fear they should gnaw some scraps of hread he kept. His hed was on the fioor, and he always lay upon one side, for fear of wearing out the... | |
 | William Henry Curran - 1855 - 404 páginas
...death. Each shoe might have served for an ordinary coffin. As for his chamber, there was not so much as a cobweb in it, the spiders being all starved to death. He put spelis upon the mice, for fear they should gnaw somo scraps of bread he kept. His bed was on the floor,... | |
 | 1863 - 828 páginas
...anything faster, his bones rattled like a pair of suappers. As for his chamber, there was not a cobweh in it— the spiders being all starved to death. He put spells upon the mice for fear they should guaw some scraps of bread be kept. His bed was o, the floor, and he always lay on one side for fear... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1864 - 456 páginas
...necessity to start out for sustenance He walked leisurely, and whenever he happened to move any thing faster, his bones rattled like a pair of snappers....one side for fear of wearing out the sheets." The humor of this passage is extraordinary for riot and redundance. Can any thiug less resemble the unforced... | |
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He wore no girdle, cuffs, or band, so that his long hair and scanty short cassock made him look like the messenger of death. Each shoe might have served for an ordinary coffin. As for his chamber, there was not so much as a cobweb in it, the spiders being... 
