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" ... was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares... "
Stories, sketches and studies - Page 234
by Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1896
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The Works of Shakespeare in Twelve Volumes: Collated with the ..., Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1772 - 370 pages
...night long: And then they fay no fpirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholfome, then no planets ftrike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and fo gracious is the time. ffor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the morn, in ruffet...
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Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield ...

Anna Seward - 1804 - 352 pages
...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time ! HAMLET. I fled, and cried out. ...Death; Hell trembled at the...
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The British Essayists;: Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 pages
...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes; no witch hath power to charm; So ballow'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men...
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Discoveries in Hieroglyphics and Other Antiquities, Volume 2

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 350 pages
...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then they say no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,...to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then they say no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,...to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - 1813 - 422 pages
...witchelm, and churn-staffs are universally made of k : Then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power- to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the wood. I cannot here, forbear throwing out as a conjecture, that, perhaps, the passage in Macbtth '...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - 1813 - 422 pages
...witchr elm, and churn-staffs ^re universally made of ki Then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed and so gracious is the wood. I cannot here, forbear throwing out as a jecture, that, perhaps, the passage in Mac au * wlfiibi'haf...
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North Wales ... delineated from two excursions

William Bingley - 1814 - 572 pages
...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike...No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. . The Welsh yet retain the custom of wearing leeks in their hats...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 536 pages
...sprite dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike . No fairy takes, nor Witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Serm. HI. CHRIST'S ADVENT TO JUDGMENT. 59 there is no advocate to plead for them, no mercy belongs...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 3

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike,...No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So halluw'd and so gracious is the time." This admirable author, as well as the best and greatest men...
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