 | 1830 - 472 pages
...one of his masks, makes mention of this:— ' And on sweet A pies' 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...rule, called it fasting St. Agnes' fast. And on sweet St. Agnes' night Pleas* you with the promis'J sight. Some of husbands, some of lovers. Which an empty dream discovers. BEN JONSOX, Old Aubrey has a recipe, whereby a lad or lass was to attain a sight of the fortunate lover.... | |
 | 1831 - 478 pages
...shall marry." Ben Jonson also says : — And on sweet St. Agnes' night Please you with the promis'd sight; Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. 22. ST. VINCENT. This most glorious martyr, as Butler calls him, was born at Saragossa in Spain. In... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...upon her inconstaney. Hannibal. •« M And on sweef St. Agnes' night, Flense you with the promis'd sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers. Which an empty dream discovers.— Ben Jonson. Day. XIII. Cal. 20. •litrthS. Dratfis. Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1707, Hanover. JJ... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...Shall not all this mocking stir us ? She can start our franklins' 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. The satyr having slipped away from meditated vengeance, Mab welcomes the Queen in some exquisitely... | |
 | 1835 - 344 pages
...all this mocking stir us I SATVR. She can start our franklins' 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. The satyr having slipped away from meditated vengeance, Mab welcomes the Queen in some exquisitely... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...rule, called it fasting St. Agnes' fast. And on sweet St. Agnes' night Please you with the promis' j sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. BEN JONSON. Old Aubrey has a recipe, whereby a lad or lass was to attain a sight of the fortunate lover.... | |
 | 1838 - 488 pages
...their burrows, Home, through ponds and water-furrows. She can start our Franklin's daughters, In their sleep, with shouts and laughters , And on sweet St....promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which un empty dream discovers.* Such is Mab ; who Plaits the manes of horses in the night. And bakes the... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1838 - 744 pages
...which Ben Jonson alludes, when he says, — " On sweet St. Agnes' night Please you with the promis'd ` / "-JThat it was the custom, in Elizabeth's and James's days, to tell tales or perform plays and masques... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...rule, called it fasting St. Agnes' fast. And on sweet St. Agnes' night Please you with the promis'd sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. BEN JONSON. Old Aubrey has a recipe, whereby a lad or lass was to attain a sight of the fortunate lover.... | |
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... take a row of pins and pull out every one, one after another, saying a... 
