 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - Bulls, Colloquial - 1803 - 322 pages
...old parisian that took it to be the work of spirits, and of good spirits; '. for,' said he, ' call Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name, but will say ' Va t'en." The parisian echo is surely superiour to the hibernian: Paddy Blake's simply understood... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...there was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he, call Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, -ca t'en ; which is as much in French as apagc, or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - English literature - 1824 - 402 pages
...old Parisian that took it to be the work of spirits, and of good spirits ; ' for,' said he, ' call Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name, but will say, ' Va t'en.'" The Parisian echo is surely superior to the Hibernian ! Paddy Blake's simply... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he, call " Satan," and the echo Will not deliver back- the devil's name ; but will say, " va t'en ;" which is as much in French as "apage," or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 pages
...in. p. 191 — Bacon produces it to "//«•„•, that echoes will not readily return the letter S. Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name, but will say, ' Va t'en.'" The Parisian echo is surely superior to the Hibernian ! Paddy Blake's simply... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...there was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he, call Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, <ca ten ; which is as much in French as apage, or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find, that... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1826 - 544 pages
...was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he, call " Satan," and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, " va t'en ; which is as much in French as " apage/' or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1826 - 554 pages
...was an old Parisian, that took it to be work of spirits, and of good spirits. For, said he, call " Satan," and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, " va t'en ; which is as much in French as " apage,'' or avoid. And thereby I did hap to find,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...Or/irrd), 1676, Houghton. There are certain letterswhich an echo can hardly express : an S, for instance. Thus, when I went to hear the echo at PontCharenton,...will not deliver back the devil's name ; but cries va tin, which French is begone. — Sylra. ©bttB of the Latin Church. St. Zephyrinus, Pope, Martyr, 219.... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 344 pages
...an old Parisian that took it to be the work of spirits, and of good spirits, ' for,' said he, ' call Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name, but will say, ' Va t'en.' " The Parisian echo is surely superior to the Hibernian ! Paddy Blake's simply... | |
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For, said he, call Satan, and the echo will not deliver back the devil's name ; but will say, va t'en ; which is as much in French as apage, or avoid. 
