...painted on the air so very dimly, It hardly veiled the tapestry at all, Or portrait frowning grimly. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And sajd, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted ! THOMAS HOOD. SECTION XIX. i. 85. SCENE...

...because the imagination of man is more powerful than 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 car, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is not their tediousness...

...art itself. So with Hood's description of the Haunted House : — " Over all there hung a clond of fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted. And said, as plain as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted!" Thoreau, describing an interview he had at Concord with John Brown,...

...spite of gaps that through the fences round Invited the encroacher. 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 place is hauuted ! The pear and quince lay squandered on the grass : The mould was purple with unheeded showers...

...imagination might again prove stronger than my reason. Then I fell asleep. CHAPTER IV. 1 O'er all there hong the shadow of a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit...daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, This place is worse than haunted." I WAS awakened by a rap, too sharp and decided to be dealt by any...

...its deserted walls stand, a habitation for the owl and the bat. " And over all there hangs a cloud of fear ; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, ' The place it haunted! ' ' The region is peculiarly interesting to an admirer of the beauties of nature. The ground...

...well, we will see, fairy ! " CHAPTER VIII. THE HAUNTED HOUSE. " 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 ! ' " • TN a minute or two the carriage stops at a rather dilapidated-looking gateway....

...called Harnisham Castle. CHAPTER X. " O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear ; A sense of mystery which the spirit daunted, And said as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted !" HOOD. HARNISHAM CASTLE has long lain in ruins. The moss shows everywhere, from the pavement of its...

...the ragged roof the sky shone, barred 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." Hood. Now that the bustle of removing was over, and the two girls fairly settled into their new home,...

...solemn, death-like stillness which pervades this old, deserted mansion. " 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 house is haunted.' " Twenty-five years ago this house was tenanted by Miss Steele,...