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" gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long... "
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ... - Page 32
by Samuel Johnson - 1805
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The Natural History of Gallinaceous Birds: Vol. I ..., Volume 4, Part 1

Sir William Jardine - 1834 - 388 pages
...night to the utmost extent, an old opinion finely described by Shakspeare : Some say that ever against that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,...abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes ; nor witch has power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time. But...
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The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Esq, Volume 2

Washington Irving - 1834 - 334 pages
...— " Some say that ever 'gainst 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 nights are wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Volume 1

Washington Irving - 1835 - 196 pages
...: « 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 nights are wholesome — then no planets strike , .No fairy takes , no witch...
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Annals and Antiquities of Dryburgh and Other Places on the Tweed

Sir David Erskine - 1836 - 1142 pages
...probation. . . . " It faded at the crowing of the cock — " Some say that ever 'gainst that season come* " Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, " The bird...singeth all night long ; " And then, they say, no spirit doth walk abroad, " The nights are wholesome — then no planet strikes— " No fairy takes — no...
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Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales

Thomas Roscoe - 1836 - 482 pages
...himself: — * Warton — Pennant : Tours in Wales, vol. iii. p. 160. 1 Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long,' &c. Kinniael Hall and Park, the seat of the Hollands, an old English family, who came into Wales in...
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Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales

Thomas Roscoe - 1836 - 486 pages
...Warton — Pennant : Tours in Wales, TO!. iii. p. 160. ' Some say that ever 'gainst that season conies Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long,' &c. Kinmael Hall and Park, the seat of the Hollands, an old English family, who came into Wales in...
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Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...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 nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,2 nor witch hath...
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...cock.2 Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, This 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,3 nor witch hath...
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The Parterre of fiction, poetry, history [&c.]., Volume 5

1836 - 352 pages
...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 dare stir abroad." " Sleeping within mine orchard, My custom always of the afternoon, Upon my secure...
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Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

Sketches, Richard A. Davenport - 1837 - 396 pages
...disappears at the crowing of the cock : "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 aU night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no...
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