There were wild rumours afloat of the fortunes that could be made in rubber and vanilla out in the Papuan "Back Beyond."

It is nominally still in the hands of the Spaniards; but it is confidently rumoured, and believed, to have been ceded by treaty to the French.

For it was falsely rumoured that Caesar was approaching, and that his cavalry were already at the gates.

They were grisly rumours.

He not only loved books; but he was rumoured liberally to have assisted one or two distressed men of genius well-known to the world.

Vague rumours, principally of a peaceful and conciliatory nature, circulate from group to group, where women decidedly predominate.

It had at this period scarcely been rumoured that such was actually the case, but Lord Byron was more than usually positive in identifying the author with his writings.

But rather would I think thee great; That rumours upward went, And pierced the palisades of state In which thy rank was pent; And that a Roman matron thou, Too noble for thy spouse, The far-heard grandeur must allow, And sit with pondering brows.

Lo! Tartar hordes our happy realms invade; The tottering state requires thy powerful aid; A youthful Champion leads the ruthless host, His savage country's widely-rumoured boast.