...because the imagination of man is more powerful that art itself: — " Over all there hung a elond 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...

...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...

...made the very frame of Nature quiver; And every thrilling nerve and fibre feel So ague-like a shiver. For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; A sense...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! If but a rat had linger'd in the house, To lure the thought into a social channel I But not a rat...

...the most tremendous detail, 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 plnin as whisper to the ear, The place is haunted." The great defect of Ann Radcliffe's fictions is...

...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...

...shadow of a Presence so atrocious ; No human creature could have feasted there, Even the most ferocious. For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART III. 'Tis hard for human actions to account, Whether from reason or from impulse only — But...

...marked the damp and mossy gravel, Each walk as green as is the mantled pool, For want of human travel. For over all there hung a cloud of fear, A sense of...plain as whisper in the ear, The place is Haunted ! PART II. 0, very gloomy is the House of Woe, Where tears are falling while the bell is knelling,...

...ruined, desolate, forlorn, and savage ; No hand or foot within the precinct came To rectify or ravage. "For over all there hung a cloud of fear ; . A sense...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,...