 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 548 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 ; 1 Then lies him down the lubber fiend."... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 strani
...particularly of food, infallibly occasions his disappearance for ever.* We learn from Olaus Magnus, 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, stretch'd... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 strani
...particularly of food, infallibly occasions his disappearance for ever.* We learn from Olaus Magnus, 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, stretch'd... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 strani
...— With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led : Tells how...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn Which ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber-fiend." Butler,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 strani
...ale, With stories told of many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat. She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar-fiend,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1822 - 418 strani
...flax. All this is precisely the conduct of Robin Good-fellow, described so charmingly by Milton : " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day labourers could not end ; Then lays him down the lubber-fiend, And stretch... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1822 - 516 strani
...ale,-^ With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led : Tells how the drudging gublin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 strani
...of the Lar Familiaris of the ancients. 1 — how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn the cream- bowl, duly set ! When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy tlail had tbratrii'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 strani
...ale, With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets ate ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how...duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shad'wy flail had thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the... | |
 | Thomas Forster - 1823 - 490 strani
...under which such charges have taken place do not appear to have been sufficiently attended to. * " She was pinched and pulled, she said, And he by Friar's Lantern led." Milton. The late M. Edward Forster mentioned to me that this phaenomenon used to be common in the marshes... | |
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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... 
