 | 1821 - 724 pages
...to me the object of more horror than almost all tHe resl. 1 was compelled to live with him; and (au was always the case almost in my dreams) for centuries....found myself in Chinese houses, with cane tables, ¿tc. All the feet of the tables, sophas, &c. soon became instinct with life : the abominable head... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1824 - 478 pages
...and sphinxes, in narrow chambers, in the heart of eternal pyramids. The cursed crocodile became to me the object of more horror than almost all the rest. I was compelled to live with him ; and for centuries. I escaped sometimes, and found myself in Chinese houses, with cane tables, &c. All the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...or snakes, or crocodiles; especially the last. The cursed crocodile became to me the object of BWK horror than almost all the rest. I was compelled to live with hi0 and (as was always the case almost in my dreams) for centuries. escaped sometimes, and found myself... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pages
...agents were ugly birds, or snakes, or crocodiles, especially the last. The cursed crocodile became to me the object of more horror than almost all the rest....cane tables, &c. All the feet of the tables, sofas, &c.,soon became instinct with life : the abominable head of the crocodile, and his leering eyes, looked... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1850 - 300 pages
...agents were ugly birds, or snakes, or crocodiles, especially the last. The cursed crocodile became to me the object of more horror than almost all the rest....cane tables, &c. All the feet of the tables, sofas, &c.,soon became instinct with life : the abominable head of the crocodile, and his leering eyes, looked... | |
 | 1854 - 664 pages
...agents were ugly birds, or snakes, or erocodiles, especially the last. The cursed erocodile beeame to me the object of more horror than almost all the rest....compelled to live with him ; and (as was always the ease almost in my dreams) for centuries. I eseaped sometimes and found myself in Chinese houses, with... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...or crocodiles, especially the last. The cursed crocodile became to me the object of more horror than all the rest. I was compelled to live with him, and (as was always the case in my dreams) for centuries. Sometimes I escaped, and found myself in Chinese houses. All the feet... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 pages
...or crocodiles, especially the last. The cursed crocodile became to me the object of more horror than all the rest. I was compelled to live with him, and (as was always the case in my dreams) for centuries. Sometimes I escaped, and found myself in Chinese houses. All the feet... | |
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Into these dreams only it was, with one or two slight exceptions, that any circumstances of physical horror entered. All before had been moral and spiritual terrors. But here the main agents were ugly birds, or snakes, or crocodiles, especially the last. 
