The Manx witch; and other poems
Thomas Edward Brown
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(RareBooksClub.com, March 6, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...me as'in." But Jack gave no time--" A Bible!" he says, "A Bible! a Bible! chapter and vess! Here you are! do you want to make fun of me?" And the leaves goin flyin, and "Deuteronomy," And--A wutch shall be put to death--very well; 1 Triumph over them. And whips him over to Samuel--"Wutches!" he says, "all right! all right! And risin the ould man in the dead of the night, Ordered at1 Saul, ordered at Saul--Sartinly, and hadn no call, Not the laste."--"The witch of Endor," Says the Pazon; and "Yes! and how he'd befriend her, And no punishment, he says; and look! Look here!" says Jack, and shoves the book Under the Pazon's very nose, "Look here, man! look! and Samuel's ghose Ascendin urrov the earth--see, see! Like gods."--"You're makin very free, Jack," I says; "respactful now! Respactful, will ye!"--" Stop your row! Says Jack. "Lekgods, it's sayin--what? Eh, Pazon? But Samuel gev it him hot, Didn he, Pazon? Hev ye forgot? Lizzen, lizzen! vess 2 twenty-two; And she made him ate his supper too--To be sure! Twenty-three, twenty-four--1 By. 2 Verse. And she hasted and killed a fat calf---See, see! and unleavened bread thereof--There ye are! went away that night--Fuss1 of Samuel, twenty-eight. Now then! now then! No wutches, eh? No wutches, Pazon? Is that what you say? In the Bible?" And goodness grayshers! What was the gud 0' Pazons and praechers, If they were goin a denyin the very texes In the Bible itself 7" And--" The laste ye expecks is Give in to the Bible!" And the Pazon smilin Very paceful. "Well, don't be vi'len'!" 2 Says the Pazon, "but let me 'splain the thing." Aw Jack to sulk, and Jack to fling--A...