 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...worn out in ouf author's time, as appears from the following passage in Romeo and Juliet : " And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, " Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes:" as well as from many others in the Reiiques of Ancient Engtish Poetry. PERCY. . Dr. Percy might have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks' in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, wJien maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plab the manes of horses in the night; And cakes ! Cor. Nay, I pr'ythcc, woman, [Rome I ol. Now the red pestilence strike all trades i This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them tirst to bear, Making... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that verv Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And cakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs ', Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, * Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, c... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 472 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the nighti And bakes the elf-locks* in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hap;, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear,... | |
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Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elf-locks in... 
