 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...of the truth herein This present object made probation. MJR. It faded on the crowing of the cock 5 . Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Bourne of Newcastle, in his Antiquities of the Common People, informs us, " It is a. received tradition... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...of the truth herein This present object made probation f. Afar* It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singfth all night long: And then they say no spirit dares*stir abroad; The nights... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1821 - 366 pages
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights... | |
 | Washington Irving - England - 1822 - 490 pages
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
 | Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 416 pages
...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 410 pages
...to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. “It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever ‘gainst that season comes Wherein...wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes; no witch hath power to charm; - Soballow'd and so gracious is the time.” This admirable author, as... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 442 pages
...insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. •" It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever "gainst that season comes "Wherein...The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then the}' say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 648 pages
...and to insinuate a kind of ligious veneration for that season. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeih all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The niglils are wholesome... | |
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gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,... 
