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" His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the com. That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of door he flings, Ere the first cock... "
The poetical works of John Milton; to which is prefixed the life of the author - Page 402
by John Milton - 1825 - 551 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...tire corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, no And streteh'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And erop-full out of doors he flings, ,,.'..' Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales,...
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The Monthly Magazine, Volume 29

Art - 1810 - 700 pages
...end ; Then bys him down the lubber fiend, Afti, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basics at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of door he flings, tir the first cock liis matin rings. Mr. M. seems indeed to have и turn for powers he has displayed,...
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Etymologicon Magnum, Or Universal Etymological Dictionary, on a New Plan ...

Walter Whiter - 1800 - 614 pages
...flalc hath thresh'd the corn, " That ten day lab'rcrs could not end; " Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, " And stretch'd out all the chimney's length,...fire his hairy strength, " And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, " Ere the first cock his matin rings." The CROP-FULL spirit is the GosLm under, the...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend,...the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whisp'ring...
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The poetical works of William Collins, with the comm. of Langhorne. To which ...

William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...shadowy flail had tbrasli'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length....the fire his hairy strength; And, crop-full, out of doors he Mings, E'er the first cock his matin rings. L-AlUgro. ' When the menials in a Scottish family...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...When in one night, ere glimpse of muni, His shadowy flail has thrash'd the corn That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all Hie chimney's length-. Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings,...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
...cream-bowl duly fet, When in one-night, ere glimpfs of mom, His fhadowy flail had threfh'd the csi:i That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Balks at the fire his hairy ilrength, And, cropful, out of...
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Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1

Thomas Tomkins - English literature - 1806 - 348 pages
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail has thrash'd the corn That ten day-1. b'rers could not end; Then lays him down the lubber fiend, And stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire liis hairy strength, And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...cream-bowl duly set, " When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, " His shadowy flail hath thrcsh'd the corn, " That ten day-labourers could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubber fiend." A like account of Puck is given by Drayton, in his Nymphidia: " He meeteth Puck, which most men call...
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