 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pagini
...quite worn out in ouf author's time, as appears from the following passage in Romeo and Juliet : " And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, " Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes:" as well as from many others in the Reiiques of Ancient Engtish Poetry. PERCY. . Dr. Percy might have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pagini
...at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pagini
...at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pagini
...at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pagini
...at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pagini
...at which he starts, and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, wJien maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pagini
...at which he starts, and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 528 pagini
...and chirurgi, fo. 10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. Men. * This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular superstition... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 540 pagini
...chirurgi, fo. 10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. MBB. — — — This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular super* stition... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pagini
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plab the manes of horses in the night; And cakes ! Cor. Nay, I pr'ythcc, woman, [Rome I ol. Now the red pestilence strike all trades i This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them tirst to bear, Making... | |
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Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted,... 
