 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 886 pages
...Agnes' Fast. Ben Jonson alludes to this — " And on sweet St Agnes' night Please you with the promistt sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." Aubrey, in his Miscellanies, directs that "upon St Agnes' Night yon take a row of pins, and pull out... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1901 - 528 pages
...saying a paternoster, sticking a pin in your sleeve, and you will dream of him or her you shall marry." And on sweet St. Anna's night, Feed them with a promised sight , Some or husbands, some of lovers. Which an empty dream discovers. Ben Jontnn't Satyr, 1603. Brand, who gives... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1903 - 368 pages
...masques, makes some mention of this — [ xxvi J " 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... | |
 | Helen Rose Anne Milman Crofton - 1903 - 420 pages
...others. JANUARY TWENTIETH.— ST. AGNES' EVE. " And on tiveet St. Agnes' night, Please you with the promised sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers." — BEN JONSON. " Upon St. Agnes' night you take a row of pins, and pul out every one, one after another,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1903 - 368 pages
...makes some mention of this — OF GREAT BRITAIN " 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... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - 1903 - 500 pages
...In her sleep, with shrieks and laughters, And on sweet Saint Anna's night, Feed them with a promis'd sight — Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. B. Jonson, A Particular Entertainment, &*. 1603. * Queen Mab. They'll give anything to know when they... | |
 | 1905 - 272 pages
...all this mocking stir us ? SATYR 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. FIRST FAIRY Satyr, vengeance near you hovers. SATYR And in hope' that you would come here Yestereve,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1905 - 372 pages
...makes some mention of this — OF GREAT BRITAIN " 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?... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 360 pages
...following lines of Ben Jonson allude to 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." She was condemned to be debauched in the public stews before her execution ; but her virginity was... | |
 | 1908 - 232 pages
...She can start our franklins' daughters, In her sleep, with shrieks and laughters, 149 1 5o QUEEN MAB And on sweet St. Anna's night Feed them with a promised...husbands, some of lovers, Which an empty dream discovers. BEN JONSON, masque of A Satyr (1603). A Proper New Ballad, intituled THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL: OR GOD-A-MERCY... | |
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