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" gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long... "
Traditions, Superstitions, and Folklore, (chiefly Lancashire and the North ... - Page 134
by Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 306 pages
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Hamlet. Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein 170 This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes .• • • • B Wherein Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth...
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 14

1808 - 500 pages
...word Plygan, as applied to this cuftom. Accordingly, Shakefpeare finely defcribes this old opinion -. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singethall night long: And then they say no spirit walks abroad : The nights are...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...of the night about Christmas time, and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that...season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then, say they, no spirit dares walk abroad: The nights...
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Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield ...

Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 pages
...• Some say, that, ever, 'gainst the season comes At which our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...Hoottr. Some иу, that ever 'g aimt that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then they say no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome, then no planets itnke; No fairy takes, no witch hath power...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that...they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights .ire wholesome ; then no planets strike, Mo fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...erring spirit hies To his confine ': and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock *. Some say, that...season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Tliis bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The...
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The British Essayists;: Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 pages
...and to insinuate a. kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of tbe cock. Some say, that ever '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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 484 pages
...of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock.9 Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad;1 The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,* nor witch hath power to...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 476 pages
...Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's hirth is celehrated, This hird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir ahroad;1 The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,2 nor witch hath power to...
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