 This is MAB, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning (As she please), without discerning. She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean their benches...  The History of Sir Thomas Thumb - Page 97by Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1855 - 142 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Hutton - 1775 - 416 pages
...queen, and of the ftrange feats they a<aed ; for thus flie ufed to tattle, There is Mab the miftrefs fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning As ihe pleafe without difcerning. She that pinches country wenche» If they rub not clean their benches,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 528 pages
...at him. * To remember this glad stound.] ic time or season. It is so used by our old poets. WKAI» This is Mab, the mistress Fairy,* That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the cherning, As she please, without discerning. 1 Fai. Pug, you will anon take warning? Sat. She that... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1828 - 392 pages
...witfi the Fairies, skipped in, out, and about their circle, while they made many offers to catch him.) This is Mab, the mistress Fairy, That doth nightly...help the churning As she please, without discerning. \itFai. Pug, you will anon take warning. Sat, She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 700 pages
...volume. G. * ie time or season. It is so used by our old poets. W. This is Mab the Mistress Fairy l , That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the cherning, As she please, without discerning. 1 Fai. Pug, you will anon take warning 3 ? Sat. She that... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...fairies slipped in, and out, and about, their circle, while they made many offers to catch at him.~\ This is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly...help the churning, As she please, without discerning. FIRST FAIRY. Pug, you will anon take warning I * Time, or season. She that pinches country wenches,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 432 pages
...many other tricks, which (to say the least of them) were very unbecoming her regal dignity: " There is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy : And can help or hurt the churning Aa she please without discerning. 220 229 She that pinches country wenches... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 pages
...many other tricks, which (to say the least of them) were very unbecoming her regal dignity: " There is Mab, the mistress fairy. That doth nightly rob the dairy : And can help or hurt the churning As she please without discerning. 229 She that pinches country wenches If... | |
 | 1835 - 344 pages
...flipped in, out, and about, their circle, white theg made mang offer* to catch at Aim.] This is Mah, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy,...help the churning, As she please, without discerning. FIRST FAIRY. Pug, yon will anon take warning ? SATVB* She that pinches country wenches. If they rub... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1840 - 600 pages
...those at Guildhall ; but giants, palace, and all, were demolished by Cromwell and his destructives. This is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy. She can start our franklins' daughters In their sleep with shrieks and laughters And on sweet St. Agnes'... | |
 | John Brand - 1841 - 356 pages
...: " There is Mah, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly roh the dairy, 288 289 And can help or hurt the churning As she please without discerning. She that pinches country wenches If they ruh not clean their henches; And with sharper nails rememhers, When they rake not up the emhers : But... | |
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