| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 Seiten
...quite worn out in ouf author's time, as appears from the following passage in Romeo and Juliet : " And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, " Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes:" as well as from many others in the Reiiques of Ancient Engtish Poetry. PERCY. . Dr. Percy might have... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 Seiten
...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...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 Seiten
...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...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 Seiten
...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-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 Seiten
...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-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 Seiten
...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...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, wJien maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 Seiten
...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...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
| Francis Douce - 1807 - 540 Seiten
...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... | |
| Francis Douce - 1807 - 528 Seiten
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...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 ', Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
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