 ... 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 he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two,...  A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words ... - Page 220by William Toone - 1832 - 467 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...he 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 ; And bakes the elf-locks' in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...he 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 ; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...he 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; And bakes the elf-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...he 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 ; And bakes the elf-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...which he 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; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, wJien... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...which he 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 ; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | Francis Douce - Gesta Romanorum - 1807 - 528 pages
...chirurgi, fo. 10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. Men. * This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular superstition... | |
 | Francis Douce - Gesta Romanorum - 1807 - 540 pages
...10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. MBB. — — — This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular super* stition... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...he 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 ; And bakes the elf-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...he 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 ; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs,s Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when... | |
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