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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... "
Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a ... - Page 204
edited by - 1905 - 672 pages
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 778 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. Konuo aid Jitfet, Act I. Scene IV. LIFE AND DEATH WEIGHED. To be, or not to be, that is the question...
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Choice thoughts from Shakspere, by the author of 'The book of familiar ...

William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 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***** I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which...
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Chamber's household edition of the dramatic works of ..., Part 32, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1862 - 404 pages
...And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hug— Rom. Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace ! Thou talk'st of nothing. Mer. True, I talk...
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The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1862 - 964 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab, That plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes I take. Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purg'd. [Kitting her. JUL. Then have m This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear, Making...
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Tragedies

William Shakespeare - 1864 - 806 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. 30 This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them, and learns them first to bear,...
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Trageies

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1864 - 648 pages
...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mah, 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...
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The Works of W. Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1864 - 714 pages
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The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams: A Commonplace Book of ..., Volume 1

Alexander Henley Grant - Commonplace books - 1865 - 416 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...
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Chambers's readings in English poetry

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...wakes ; 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. FROM MACBETH. THE MUBDER OF DUNCAN, KINO or SCOTLAND. Act IL Scs. i., ii. [King Duncan is on a visit...
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Shakspeare's tragedy of King Lear, with notes, adapted for schools and for ...

William Shakespeare - 1865 - 168 pages
...fairies in the night. So in Rom. and Jul, i. 4.: ' —plats the manes of horses in the night; And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes.' Drayton, in his Heroical Epistles, makes Elinor Cobham say: ' 0 that I were a witch, but for her sake!—...
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