| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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...long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad, I he nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath pow'r to charm, So... | |
| 1828 - 964 pages
...unsubstantial, it may be an ill-omened vision ; still it is the halo of the pure, and lovely moon. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...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... | |
| 1860 - 796 pages
...— these were not your thoughts when you wrote — " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season cornea Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird...The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, Xo feiry takes, nor witch hath power to charm; So hallowed and so gracioun is the time." God rest thee,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's hirth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then,...wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So halluw'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pages
...that season comes Wtierein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Thj« bird of dawning singeth all nigbt long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad;...The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fury takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." f M Fare thee-well... | |
| 1817 - 292 pages
...can appear on Christmas eve. This we learn from Shakespeare : It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeih all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The nights are wholesome,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...and of the truth ^e This present object made probation.1 Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 pages
...of," fee. Mir. It faded on ^ie crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season cornes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird...No fairy takes,* nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. \ This present object made probation. Hor. So have I heard, and... | |
| 1824 - 462 pages
...approach of this sacred festival:— " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour1: birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth...stir abroad; The nights are wholesome — then no planet* strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the time."... | |
| James Ferguson - 1819 - 348 pages
...cock. Seine say. that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then,...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 author, as... | |
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