 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 Shakespeare - 1847 - 554 pages
...they dream of love : On courtiers' knees, that dream on court 'sies straight : O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees : O'er ladies' lips, who...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... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 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." I find the following in Poole's English Parnassus, p. 333 : " There... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1849 - 320 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." III. "SUSTAINED" FORCE. Calling. A call is the highest and intensest... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 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." III. "SUSTAINED" FORCE. Calling. A call is the highest and intensest... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...benefice ! Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then he dreams of cutting foreign throata, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths...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 Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...Then dreams he of another benefice ! Sometimes she drrvcth o'er a soldier's neck, And then he dreams d tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale....pleasure!, Whilst the landscape round it measures : prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 586 pages
...others in their place. On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight : O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees : O'er ladies' lips, who...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 - 1851 - 712 pages
...they dream of love : On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight: O'er lawyer's fingers, who straight dream on fees: O'er ladies' lips, who...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... | |
 | Elocution - 1851 - 312 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." III. "SUSTAINED" FORCE. Calling. A call is the highest and intensest... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 462 pages
...tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as he 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. I!. J. i. 4. QUIBBLING. O, dear discretion, hovr his words are suited... | |
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