 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes "Wherein...singeth all night long. And then they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 332 pages
...and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then, tbey say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...night long. The nights are wholesome, then no mildew falls, No Planet strikes, nor Spirits walk abroad; No Fairy takes, nor Witch hath power to charm ; So...time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the Morn in russet mantle clad Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill. Break we our... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 pages
...and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, say they, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...There sat a man of ripe and perfect age, \Vhodid them meditate all his life laut;. ï'atrie (¿ueene. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad. He will maintain you like a gentlewoman. — Aye, that 1 will, come cut and longtail... | |
 | 1829 - 804 pages
...veneration for that season. ' It faded on the crowinf of the cock. Some gay, that ever 'gainst that ftcuon comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The...singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike. No fairy takes ; no witch hath... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1834 - 388 pages
...night to the utmost extent, an old opinion finely described by Shakspeare : Some say that ever against that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,...singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes ; nor witch has power... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - 1836 - 482 pages
...has not neglected to avail himself: — * Warton — Pennant : Tours in Wales, vol. iii. p. 160. 1 Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long,' &c. Kinniael Hall and Park, the seat of the Hollands, an old English family, who came into Wales in... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1837 - 414 pages
...the Ghost in Hamlet disappears at the crowing of the cock : v "It faded on the crowing of the cock. * Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath... | |
 | William Bingley - 1839 - 400 pages
...confine. But, during this holy season, the cock was supposed to exert his power throughout the night : — Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes : no witch hath power... | |
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gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long... 
