| 1822 - 496 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 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... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival : " Same 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 stir abroad ; The... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 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 our Saviour's birth is celebrated. The bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then, tbey say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights... | |
| 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 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 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 our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 414 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 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 490 pages
...Wherein our Saviour's hirth is celebrated, This hird 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, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I have... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...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 are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable... | |
| Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...animal, like the " glow-worm," showed " the matin to be near." " It faded on the crowing of the cock. 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 stir abroad ; The... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...feathery dames, » was thought by the cormnon 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 siogeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights... | |
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