 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 492 pagini
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival : " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they aay, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1850 - 724 pagini
...Christmas-tide, during which hallowed period no evil spirits are permitted to exercise their spells : • ' Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit stirs abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planet strikes ; No fairy takes, nor witch hath power... | |
 | 1883 - 676 pagini
...in Hamlet, I. i. — that when " that season comes AVherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated. The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then,...nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." WCB CHRISTMAS PASTIMES... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pagini
...and of the truth herein This present object made probation. || THE REVERENCE PAID TO CHRISTMAS TIME. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say. that...nights are wholesome; then no planets strike. No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. MORNING. But, look,... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pagini
...day ; and, at his warning, Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This...ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birtli is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 488 pagini
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival : " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights arc wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy tnkes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - 1959 - 384 pagini
...clear that his Ghost is a Christian one. I refer to the lines j ust mentioned, spoken by Marcellus: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long, And then they say no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath... | |
 | 1964 - 158 pagini
...the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then,...nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow 'd and so gracious is the time. HORATIO. So have I... | |
 | 1908 - 1058 pagini
...to the belief that : Ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then...nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Horatio's answer : So... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1980 - 388 pagini
...erring spirit hies To his confine. And of the truth herein This present object made probation. MARCELLUS It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that...singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike; No fairy takes; nor witch hath... | |
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It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : % And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then... 
