 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 strani
...How fairy Mat) the junkets eat; " She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, " And he by frier's lanthorn led ; ' Tells how the drudging goblin sweat ' To earn...one night, ere glimpse of morn, ' His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, ' That ten day-labourers could not end ; ' Then lies him down the lubber fiend."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 strani
...How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; " She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, " And he by frier's lanthorn led ; " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat " To earn...one night, ere glimpse of morn, " His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, " That ten day-labourers could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubber fiend."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 strani
...shield's unruly weight. Cnulty. •s. To toil; to labour; to drudge. How the drudging goblin ruitt To earn his cream-bowl duly set; "When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn. Mill. Our author, not content to see That others write as carelessly as he... | |
 | 1806 - 408 strani
...How Fairy Mab the junkets eat j fclie was pincht, and pull'd, she said, And he by friars' Ian thorn led ; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat, To earn...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubbar fiend,... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 strani
...eat. She was pinch'd, and pull'd.she said, And he by friar's lanthorn led j Tells how the drudgiMg goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail has thrash'd the corn That ten day-1. h'rers could not end; Then lays him down the lobber (lend, And... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 strani
...himself by the fire *, does not drudge from the hope of • — how the drudging goblin swet, To earn the cream-bowl, duly set ; When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 strani
...disappearance for ever.§ * * — how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn the cream-bowl, duly set ; _• "When, in one night, ere. glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber tlend - And,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 strani
...She was pinch'd and pull'd she said, And he, by friar's lanthorn led, Tells how the drudging Gcblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And strech'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 strani
...many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat: She was pincht and pull'd, she said ; .And he by frier's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To...cream-bowl, duly set, When, in one night, ere glimpse of mom., His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 strani
...was pinch'd, aud pull'd, she said, And he by friars lanthorn led. Tells how the drudging goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail hath thresn'd the com That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fiend, And... | |
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When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full... 
