 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1887 - 504 pages
...can start our franklins' daughters In their sleep with shrieks and laughters, And on sweet St. Agnes' night Feed them with a promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." CAMEO L Welcome of the queen. 1603. CAMEO I. Ben Jonsons masque. 1603. Mab interrupted his revelations... | |
 | William Hone - 1888 - 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. BtX JoNSOy. Old Aubrey has n recipe, whereby a lad or lass was to attain a sight of the fortunate lover.... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1890 - 450 pages
...all this mocking stir us ? Sat. She can start our Franklin's daughters In their sleep with shrieks and laughters ; And on sweet St Anna's night Feed...husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers, i Fat. Satyr, vengeance near you hovers. Sat. And in hope that you would come here Yester-eve, the... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1890 - 452 pages
...all this mocking stir us ? Sat. She can start our Franklin's daughters In their sleep with shrieks and laughters; And on sweet St. Anna's night Feed...husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. i FaL Satyr, vengeance near you hovers. Sat. And in hope that you would come here Yester-eve, the lady... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1890 - 466 pages
...all this mocking stir us ? Sat. She can start our Franklin's daughters In their sleep with shrieks and laughters ; And on sweet St. Anna's night Feed...husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers, i Fat. Satyr, vengeance near you hovers. Sat. And in hope that you would come here i Fat. Yester-eve,... | |
 | C. J. T. - 1890 - 222 pages
...start our franklin's daughters, In their sleep, with shrieks and laughters, And on sweet St. Agues' night Feed them with a promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." Fairies, they tell you, have frequently been heard and seen—nay, that there are some living who were... | |
 | John Aubrey, Sir Thomas Browne - 1890 - 334 pages
...his Masques make some mention of this. And on sweet Saint Agnes night Please you with the promis'd sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. stocking alone) and as you rehearse these following verses, at every comma, knit a knot. This knot... | |
 | John Aubrey, Sir Thomas Browne - 1890 - 330 pages
...his Masques make some mention of this. And on sweet Saint Agnes night Please you with the promis'd sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. stocking alone) and as you rehearse these following verses, at every comma, knit a knot. This knot... | |
 | C. J. T. - 1891 - 216 pages
...start our franklin's daughters, In their sleep, with shrieks and laughters, And on sweet St. Agnes' night Feed them with a promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." Fairies, they tell you, have frequently been heard and seen — nay, that there are some living who... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 318 pages
...of his masques, makes some mention of this — ' ' And on sweet St Agnes' night Please you with the promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." Now what can be more infinitely profane than to use the prayer of our Lord instituted in such a way... | |
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... take a row of pins and pull out every one, one after another, saying a... 
