 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 388 pages
...his Masks, makes some mention of this: " And on sweet St. Agnes night Please you with the promis'd sight; Some of husbands, some of lovers, . , . Which an empty dream discovers." Another method used by love-sick girls was to sleep in a county not their usual residence, where they knit... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 402 pages
...his Masks, makes some mention of this : f' And on sweet St. Agnes night Please you with the promis'd sight ; Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." Another method used by love-sick girls was to sleep in a county not their usual residence, where they knit... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 528 pages
...wretched apology for calumny. Sat. She can start our Franklin's daughters, In her sleep, with shrieks and laughters ; And on sweet St. Anna's night,' Feed...husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. 1 Fat. Satyr, vengeance near you hovers. Sat. And in hope that you would come here Yester-eve, the... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...virgins in the north to discover their future husbands. On sweet St. Agnes' night Please you with the promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. JONSON. ' Upon St. Agnes's night, take a row of pins, and pull out every one, one after another, saying... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...should marry, to which Ben Jonsoa alludes : — And on sweet St. Agnes' night, Please you with the promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. The Eve of St. Agnes. Ah! hitter chill it was! The Owl, for all his feathers, was acold; The Hare limped... | |
 | Charles John Gardiner (earl of Blessington.) - 1826 - 500 pages
...de Cominges. One of our dramatic poets says,— " And on sweet St. Agnes' night, Please you with the promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." Our readers may recollect the ceremony to be observed on such an occasion; but if their memories fail,... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...rule, called it fasting St. Agnes' fast. And on sweet St. Agnes' nicht Pleas« you with the promis'] sight. Some of husbands, some of lovers. Which an empty dream discovers. BIN JOKSOM. Old Aubrey lias я recipe, whereby л lad or l;iss was to attain a sight of the fortunate... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...rule, called it fasting St. Agnes' fast. And on sweet St. Agnes' night Please you with the promis'! sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. BEN JONSOM. Old Aubrey has a recipe, whereby a lad or lass was to attain a sight of (he fortunate lover.... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1828 - 392 pages
...Itt Fat. Shall not all this mocking stir m ? *•,],'. She can start our Franklin's daughters In her sleep with shouts and laughters ; And on sweet St....promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, AVhich an empty dream discovers. Itt Fai. Satyr, vengeance near you hovers. At length Mab is provoked,... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 700 pages
...our Franklin's daughters, In her sleep, with shrieks and laughters; And on sweet St. Anna's night 8 , Feed them with a promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, . Which an empty dream discovers. 1 Fai. Satyr, vengeance near you hovers. 1 This Fairy Mythology, which has been copied by Milton, and... | |
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