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" Drums in his ears; at which he starts, and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled,... "
The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere - Page 18
by William Shakespeare - 1851
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...tithe-pig's tale, Tickling a parson's nose as "a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice : Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then...healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear ; at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 472 pages
...blades, reads countermines.. Steevens t Of healths five fathom deepi1 and then anon Drums in his ear ; at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted,...that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the nighti And bakes the elf-locks* in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes....
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1820 - 434 pages
...dreams of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades ; Of healths five fathoms deep ; and then, anon, Drums in his ears : at which...frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. VIII. — On the existence of a Deity— YOUNG. RETIRE — The world shut out — thy thoughts call...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...of catting foreign throats, " Of breaches, ambr.sc:uloes, Spanish blades ; Of healths five f(uhu>ms deep ; and then, anon, Drums in his ears : at which...frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. * VIII. — On the cxhtence of a Deity-' YOUNG. RETIRE — Fne world shut out — tuy thoughts call...
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson as he lies asleep ; Then dreams he of another benefice. Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then...healths five fathom deep; and then, anon, Drums in his ear, at which he starts! and wakes, And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again....
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Then dreams he of another benefice. Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then he dreams of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes,...starts and wakes ; And being thus frighted swears a pray'r or two, And sleeps again. SHAKSPEARB. CHAP. XXV. APOTHECARY. I DO remember an apothecary, And...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 490 pages
...breaches, arabuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear; at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted,...that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And hakes the elf-locks2 in foul sluttish hairs, Which once untangled, much misfortune hodes....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 414 pages
...breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,7 Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear ; at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted,...that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, s Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes....
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, 8 _ n|1 1 Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon , , M Drums in his ear ; at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted,...that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; , t , j 7 And then dreams he of smelling out a suit, &c.] In our author's time, a court solicitation...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...dreams of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscades, Spanish blades; Of healths five fathoms deep ; and then, anon, Drums in his ears : at which...frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. , VIII. — On the Existence of a Deity. RETIRE — the world shut out— thy thoughts call home —...
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