 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,...  A glossary of north country words, in use. From an original manuscript, with ... - Seite 60von John Trotter Brockett - 1825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 Seiten
...; 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... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...ear, 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...the elf-locks in foul, sluttish hairs, Which once entangled, much misfortune bodes. Sin. HENRY WOTTON. 1568—1639. Wotton was less famed as a poet than... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 602 Seiten
...; 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-locks 4 in foul, sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 586 Seiten
...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-locks t in foul sluggish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 532 Seiten
...ear; 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-locks 4 in foul, sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 Seiten
...swears a prayer or tvro, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in'the night; And bakes the elf-locks* in foul sluttish 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 - 1851 - 656 Seiten
...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 night20; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs. Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1967 - 280 Seiten
...And being thus frighted, sweats a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, 90 Which once untangled much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That... | |
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...in this state she gallops night by night, Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love. . . . This is that very MAB, That plats the manes of horses...sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes."1 Ben Jonson. in his " Entertainment of the Queen and Prince at Althrope," in 1603, describes... | |
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