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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... "
Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors - Page 223
by John Timbs - 1829
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ears, at which he starts and wakes.; And being thus frighted swears a pray'r or two, And sleeps again. SH AKSPFARU. CHAP. XXV. APOTHECARY. I DO remember an apothecary, And...
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The Fairy Mythology, Volume 2

Thomas Keightley - 1828 - 392 pages
...squirrel or old grub, Time out of mind the fairies' coachmakers. ***''* This is that very Mab That flats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks...sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bode. This is the hag, when maids lie on their tacks, That presses them. In an exquisite and well-known...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of hreaches, amhuscadoes, Spanish hlades, Of healths five fathom deep: and then anon Drums in his ear; at which he starts, and wakes; And, heing t hus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that verv Mnh, That plats the...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 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 then anon Drums in his ears, at which he starts and wakes ; And being thus affrighted, swears a prayer or two. Aml sleeps...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish olades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums...; at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus flighted, swears a praver or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of...
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A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and ...

John Trotter Brockett - 1829 - 368 pages
...human beings, or the manes and tails of horses, into hard knots, which it was not fortunate to loose. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf,Jocks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. Shak. Romeo and Juliet....
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades ; Of heaiths 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, Ann! sleeps again. VIlT. — On the Existence of a Deity. — YOUNG. RETIRE— The world shut out-thy...
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The Gallery of Shakspeare, Or, Illustrations of His Dramatic Works: Romeo ...

1829 - 48 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 then anon Drums in his ears; at which he starts, and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 638 pages
...soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,b Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums...That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And cakes the elf-locks0 in foul sluttish hairs, 1 of tittle atomies — ] An obsolete substitute for atoms....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, 5 Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in...Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And cakes the elf-locks 0 in foul sluttish hairs, t of little atomies—] An obsolete substitute for atoms....
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