 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein 170 This present objcft made probation. Mar, It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say,- that ever 'gainst that season comes .• • • • B Wherein Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth... | |
 | 1808 - 500 pages
...word Plygan, as applied to this cuftom. Accordingly, Shakefpeare finely defcribes this old opinion " 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 they say no spirit walks abroad : The nights... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1816 - 568 pages
...an established law, however, that none can appear on Christmas eve. This we learn from Shakspeare: It faded on the crowing - of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst tliat season comes Wherein our Suviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singetb all night... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...of the night about Christinas time, 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 ieason comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long;... | |
 | Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...• Some say, that, ever, 'gainst the season comes At which our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...Hoottr. Some иу, that ever 'g aimt that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then they say no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome, then no planets itnke; No fairy takes, no witch hath power... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that...: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; » No fairy takes *, nor which hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that...they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights .ire wholesome ; then no planets strike, Mo fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine ': and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock *. Some say, that...season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Tliis bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 382 pages
...the night about Christmas time, and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that...comes 'Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The nights... | |
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gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long... 
