 junkets eat. She was pinched and pulled, she said ; And he, by Friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Seite 151von John Milton - 1893Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...nut-brown ale, How faery Mab 1 the junkets eat; She 2 was pinched, and pulled, she said, And he, 3 by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging Goblin...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber* fiend,... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 Seiten
...nut-brown ale, With stories told of many a feat, How Fairy Mab the junkets eat; She was pincht, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...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...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrash'd the corn, That ten day-ЫЬ'гегя could not end, Then lays him down the lubber fiend,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1847 - 454 Seiten
...night-fire, whether recognised as Jack-of-the-Lantern or Will-of-the-Wisp, was one of the best known. " She was pinched and pulled, she said, And he by friar's lantern led." Or, as the exquisite poet who produced this couplet more elaborately describes the apparition in his... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...stories told of many a feat, How Fairy Mnb the junkets eat ; She was pinch'cl, and pull'd, she eaid, And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To cam his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, That ten day-lab'rers could not... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...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...night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day labourers could not end 5 Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 570 Seiten
...With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab '.he junkers eal, 148 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 hath thresh'd the corn. That ten day-lab'rors could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar-fiend, And stretch'd... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 Seiten
...delicacies that were wrapped in coverings made of rushes when sent to market. TV* Italian word giunShewas pinched and pulled, she said; And he, by friar's lantern...drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, cote, literally meaning covered with rushes, also signifies creamcheese. (Lat juncus, Ital. giunco,... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 Seiten
...delicacies that were wrapped in coverings made of rushes when sent to market. The Italian word giunShewas pinched and pulled, she said; And he, by friar's lantern...drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly seb, cata, literally meaning covered with rushes, also signifies creamcheese. (Lat. juncus, ItaL giunco,... | |
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