 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...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 all night long i And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 pages
...and 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 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock *. Some say, that ever 'gainst 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 pages
...and 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 our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, say they, no spirit dares walk abroad : The... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 350 pages
...and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the 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 walks abroad ; The nights... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singe) h all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome:... | |
 | 1817 - 292 pages
...can appear on Christmas eve. This we learn from Shakespeare : It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeih all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The nights are wholesome,... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
..."telling the night-watches to his feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce Ihe approach of this sacred festival:— " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour1: birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no... | |
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gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long... 
