 | William Godwin - 1804 - 536 pages
...driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and...anon Drums in his ear; at which he starts, and wakes 3 And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. Love. CHAP, book of Boccaccio's... | |
 | William Godwin - 1804 - 554 pages
...breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep j and then anon Drums in his ear j at which he starts, and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. Romeo and Juliet, act II, scene i. CHAP, book of Boccaccio's Teseide. Chaucer's imi• tation however,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,8 Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in...plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,8 Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in...plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...o'er a foldier's neck, And then he dreams of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambufcadoes, Spanim blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ears, at which he darts and wakes ; And being thus frighted, fwears a prayer or two, And fleeps again.... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish bladps, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ears, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. DESCRIPTION oj an APOTHECARY and his SHOP. {SHAKESPEARE.} I Do remember an apothecary, And hereabouts... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...substilu dun out of the icd when canobsolete substitute for atom. Of 972 97J Of breaches, ambuscadoes, ve obedience scanted. And well are worth the want that you havi wanted '. Cor. Time shall unfold plab the manes of horses in the night; And cakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs ', Which, once... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...no more than au obsolete substitute for atom. 973 HO MEO AND JULIET. 973 Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and...swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that verv Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And cakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 528 pages
...and chirurgi, fo. 10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. Men. * This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular superstition... | |
 | Francis Douce - 1807 - 540 pages
...chirurgi, fo. 10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. MBB. — — — This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular super* stition... | |
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Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice; Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then... 
