...because the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — "Over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is not their tediousness...

...the ragged roof the sky shone, barr'd With naked beam and rafter. O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! The flow'r grew wild and rankly as the weed, Roses with thistles struggled for espial, And vagrant...

...unaccountable feeling of dread in the minds of the two thieves. '' O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted. And...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted." Neither of them would hesitate to face an opponent, or to commit a desperate crime, in case of detection...

...noble University is haunted ; yes, in the beautiful words of Hood— ' Over all there hangs a spell, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as words could tell, The place is haunted.' My place at least, sir, is haunted not by guardian Lai-es...

...glaring on the old heraldic banner, Had kept its crimson unimpaired by time, In such a wondrous manner. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! The Death Watch tick'd behind the panel'd oak, Inexplicable tremors shook the arras, And echoes strange...

...assassins were lurking in the lobbies, or arrests were threatened : O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, " The place is haunted ! " That such loyal subjects as the actors could not banish dangerous...

...Hood says — " For over all there hung a cloud of gloom, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, Which said as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The place is haunted ! ' " So I thought it would turn out to prove ; but, alas ! I slept again, and awoke with the pleasant...

...painted on the air so very dimly, It hardly veil'd the tapestry at all, Or portrait frowning grimly. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! A TALE OF TEMPER. OP all cross breeds of human sinners, The crabbedest are those who dress our dinners...

...painted on the air so very dimly, It hardly veil'd the tapestry at all, Or portrait frowning grimly. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! >torm at AND THE LITTLE UNKNOWN. |WAS August — Hastings every day was filling — Hastings, that...

...No hand or foot within the precinct came To rectify or ravage. "For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; . A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The house is haunted !' " The centipede along the threshold crept ; The cobweb hung across in mazy tangle,...