... 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 ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two, And... The Popular Religion and Folk-lore of Northern India - Side 107af William Crooke - 1896 - 653 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1848 - 588 sider
...different being from the gentle Titania seems to be designated : as Shakspere tells us, that "This is that very Mab, That plaits the manes of horses in...the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once entangl'd much misfortune bodes." In Ben Jensen's entertainment of " The Satyr " we also find the qualities... | |
| John Saunders - 1848 - 434 sider
...promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which, an empty dream discovers. * Such is Mab ; who Plaits the manes of horses in the night. And bakes the elf-locks, in foul clottish bain, Which, once entangled foul misfortune bodes. She may be considered as the Queen of those... | |
| 1907 - 678 sider
...mane to form stirrups." Mercutio in ' Romeo and Juliet ' says : — This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night : And bakes the elf-locks...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. Mercutio also speaks of Mab as a hag, who is •the same as the nightmare. The night-hag, of whom Milton... | |
| Brand - 1849 - 544 sider
...to Keunett'a Parochial Antiquities, v. Lokys." So Shakespeare— " This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elf-locks...hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes." Warburton thought this superstition had its origin in the Plica Polonica. Again, in King Lear, Edgar... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 sider
...And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats my worthless rhymes, and like a friend Would find out something to commend. haira, Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes. Romeo and Juliet [End of AU Earthly Gloria.'} Our... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 sider
...And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats his pillow of my knee, The live-long night. Strike I my lute, he tunes the string V/hich once untangled, much misfortune bode^. ROMCO and Julitt. [End of All EartMy Gloria.] Our revels... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 sider
...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...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... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 sider
...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 entangled, much misfortune bodes. Sin. HENRY WOTTON. 1568—1639. Wotton was less famed as a poet than... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 sider
...swears a prayer or tvro, 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, 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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