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" 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, nor witch hath power... "
Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ... - Page 101
edited by - 1865 - 480 pages
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 490 pages
...Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's hirth is celebrated, This hird of dawning singeth all night long: And then they say...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I have heard, and do in part believe U. But, look, the...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pages
...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,...wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So liallow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author,...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4

British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...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...wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So ballow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as...
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The Plays, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...of the truth herein This present object made probation f. 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 I have heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

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...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." f Such is, undoubtedly, the popular superstition ; but, in point...
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The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His ..., Volume 2

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 344 pages
...to be near." " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season conies 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." f Such is, undoubtedly, the popular superstition ; but, in point...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...probation."* Mar. It faded on the crowing of the. cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season conies Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird...The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, N7o fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So I...
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The dramatic works of Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson and Stevens [sic ...

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's ЫнЬ is celebrated, This bird of dawning snTgeth ail night long : And then they say no spirit dares stir...The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, [charm, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Tins bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholsome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so...
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseud.] ...

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...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning siogeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome —...
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