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" ... was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: 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... "
Sir Cosmo Digby - Page 174
by James Augustus St. John - 1843
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The Works of Shakespeare in Twelve Volumes: Collated with the ..., Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1772 - 370 pages
...night long: And then they fay no fpirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholfome, then no planets ftrike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and fo gracious is the time. ffor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the morn, in ruffet...
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Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield ...

Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...ta the magic influence of their art: . • Some say, that, ever, 'gainst the season comes At which our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning...strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time ! HAMLET. I fled, and cried out. ...Death; Hell trembled at the...
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The British Essayists;: Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...is celebrated, The bird of dawning 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 power to charm; So ballow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men...
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Discoveries in Hieroglyphics and Other Antiquities, Volume 2

Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 350 pages
...and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - Ireland - 1813 - 422 pages
...witchelm, and churn-staffs are universally made of k : Then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power- to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the wood. I cannot here, forbear throwing out as a conjecture, that, perhaps, the passage in Macbtth '...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - Ireland - 1813 - 422 pages
...witchr elm, and churn-staffs ^re universally made of ki Then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the wood. I cannot here, forbear throwing out as a jecture, that, perhaps, the passage in Mac au * wlfiibi'haf...
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North Wales ... delineated from two excursions

William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...was supposed to exert his power throughout the night : Some say, that ever 'gainst that season cornea Wherein our SAVIOUR'S birth is celebrated, The bird...No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. . The Welsh yet retain the custom of wearing leeks in their hats...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - Sermons, English - 1816 - 536 pages
...sprite dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike . No fairy takes, nor Witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Serm. HI. CHRIST'S ADVENT TO JUDGMENT. 59 there is no advocate to plead for them, no mercy belongs...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 3

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So halluw'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 24

England - 1828 - 964 pages
...spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm So hallowed and so gracious is the time. But it is impertinent to quote Hamlet, or any thing else now. Suffice it, then, to remark, with what...
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