 ... 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 swears a prayer or two, And...  The Fairy Mythology - Page 134by Thomas Keightley - 1828Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1798 - 452 pages
...that very Mab, That plats die manes of horfes in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks in foul fluttifh hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bode?. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That.prefles them, and learns them Crft to bear$ Making them women of good carriage, This is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...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'...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...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...sluttish 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...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 in foul sluttish hairs,8 Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...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 in foul sluttish hairs,s Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once entangled, much misfortune _ bodes. [backs, This is the hag, when maids lie on their Tint presses them,... | |
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