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" Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts, and wakes ; And, being thus frighted,... "
Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our ... - Page 569
by John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 807 pages
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Cymbeline. Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 582 pages
...quite 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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...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...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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...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...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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...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-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...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-locks9 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 13

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 356 pages
...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...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,...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...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...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...
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Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With ..., Volume 2

Francis Douce - Gesta Romanorum - 1807 - 540 pages
...chirurgi, fo. 10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. MBB. — — — This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular super* stition...
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Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With ..., Volume 2

Francis Douce - Gesta Romanorum - 1807 - 528 pages
...and chirurgi, fo. 10; and there is also a proverb, As dull as Dun in the mire. Sc. 4. p. 376. Men. * This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night. No attempt has hitherto been made to explain this line, which alludes to a very singular superstition...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

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...
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