 | Alexander Jamieson - 1826 - 320 str.
...followiog, account of the ohjects of the evening. '£™ *, Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or, if the air will not permit. Some still removed plaee will fit, Where glowing emoers through the... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 str.
...if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the... | |
 | 1834 - 536 str.
...stranger in that land. — WASHINGTON IRVING. THE CURFEW. Oft on a plat of rising ground 1 hear the far-off Curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore. Swinging slow with sullen roar. — MILTON. THE word Curfew is derived from the Norman word, carrefou, or couvre/ей, and is now considered... | |
 | Editor of The family manual and servant's guide - 1835 - 412 str.
...walks to the first cock." Milton thus alludes to the custom : On a plot of rising ground, Hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. From an old play, date 1631, the hour of ringing appears to have been later than hitherto stated. Thus,... | |
 | 1835 - 272 str.
...stranger in that land. — WASHINGTON IRVING. THE CURFEW. Oft on a plat of rising ground 1 bear the far-off Curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. — MILTON. THE word Curfew is derived from the Norman word, carrefou, or couvrefeu, and is now considered... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 str.
...bearing testimony to the truth as it is in Jesus." THE CURFEW. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off Curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. THE word Curfew is derived from the Norman word, cnrrefnu, or couvrefeu, and is now considered by us... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 str.
...presents the following account of the objects of the evening. " Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar, Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 str.
...if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed2 place will fit, Where glowing embers through... | |
 | 1846 - 436 str.
...if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still, removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through... | |
 | Alfred Gatty - 1848 - 144 str.
...the river, often much swollen in winter, intervened : — " On a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar." The curfew bell at Carfax was instituted, says Peshall, by Alfred, the restorer of the university on... | |
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Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore. Swinging slow with sullen roar... 
