 Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 433by John Hawkins - 1787 - 602 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1762 - 736 pages
...fpirit had before publicly promifed, by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault under the church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body is depofited, and give a token of her prefence there by a knock upon her coffin : it was therefore... | |
 | Charles Churchill - English poetry - 1764 - 204 pages
...fpirit had before publicly promifed, by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault, under the church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body is depofited, and give a token of her prefence there by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore... | |
 | Jerónimo Lobo - 1789 - 520 pages
...fpirit had before publicly promiied by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault under the church of St John, Clerkenwell, where the body is depofited, and give a token of her prefence there by aknock upon her coffin: it was therefore determined... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 pages
...fpirit had before publickly promifed, by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault under the church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body is depofited, and give a token of her prefence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...spirit had before publickly promised, by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault under the Church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...spirit had before publickly promised, by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault under the church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...spirit had before publickly promised, by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault under the Church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore... | |
 | Characters and characteristics - 1805 - 596 pages
...spirit had before publicly promised, ny an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault, under the church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of its presence there by a knock upon the coffin ; it was therefore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...poisoning, and the ghost promising, by an affirmative signal, that it would attend a particular gentelman into the vault under the Church of St John, Clerkenwell, where the body was deposited, and give a token of its presence by a stroke upon the coffin. The whole Wory, together with... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 384 pages
...spirit had before publicly promised, by an affirmative knock, that it would attend one of the gentlemen into the vault under the church of St. John Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was thcre•... | |
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