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 anon Drums in his ear; at which... The Dramatic Works - Page 392by William Shakespeare - 1831Full view - About this book
| William John Thoms - German drama - 1865 - 152 pages
...sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then he dreams of another benefice. Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's...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... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - American drama - 1865 - 592 pages
...tithe-pig's tail, 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 dreams...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,... | |
| William Shakespeare - Recitations - 1904 - 236 pages
...oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams...starts and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, ACT IV. Scene III. The Potion Scene. JUL. Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.... | |
| English poetry - 1904 - 542 pages
...Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit ; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1905 - 188 pages
...suit ; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep, 80 Then dreams he of another benefice : Sometime she...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,... | |
| James Mason Hoppin - 1906 - 230 pages
...tithe-pig's tail 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 dreams...starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again." " King Cophetua loved a beggar maid." At the masked ball, Capulet... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1907 - 188 pages
...suit ; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep, 80 Then dreams he of another benefice : Sometime she...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,... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1909 - 636 pages
...oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams...starts and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. W. SHAKESPEARE (Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Sc. iv). 861.' MARK ANTONY'S... | |
| William Theobald - Civilization, Classical, in literature - 1909 - 418 pages
...tithe-pig's tail, 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 dreams...healths five fathom deep : and then anon Drums in his ears, at which .he starts, and wakes.'1 The prototype of this picture may be seen in the following... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1909 - 782 pages
...suit; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as a' lies asleep, 80 Then dreams he of another benefice: Sometime she driveth...breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathoms deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted... | |
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