 | Zachary Grey - 1754 - 440 pages
...grete honour) *« All was this land fulfillid of fairy, *c The elquene with her jolly company " Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede, " This was the old opinion as I rede." Randolph, in his Amyntas, or fbe Impoffiblc Dowry, Aft iii. fc. iv. p. 57, has the following words.... | |
 | Zachary Grey - 1754 - 424 pages
...of fairy, ** The elquene with her jolly company 36 Critical, HijIorical, and Explanatory " Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede, " This was the old opinion as I rede." Randolph, in his Amyntas, or The Impoffible Dowry, Act iii. fc. iv. p. 57, has the following words.... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1762 - 264 pages
...great honour; All was this lond fulfillid of fayry : The ELF-O^UENE, with her jolly company^ Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede : This was the old opinion, as I rede*. Hence too we find, that Spenfer followed the eftabliihed tradition, in fuppofing his Fairy <jhucn f... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Bourne - 1777 - 466 pages
...or Ring, fuppofed by the Vulgar to be traced by the Fairies in their Dances, to the Effefls Daunfed full oft in many a grene Mede*, This was the old Opinion, as I rede. I fpeke of many hundred Yere agoe, But now can no Man fe no Elfes mo. For now the .grete Charite and... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1794 - 428 pages
...honour, " All was this land fulfilled of faerie; " The elf-qnene, with hirejoly compagnic " Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. " This .was the old opinion as I redf, " Iff eke of many hundredyeres ago; " But now can no man fee non elves mo, " For now the grete... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 448 pages
...honour ; " All was this lond fulnllid of fayry : " The ELF-auENE, with her jolly compatjy, " Daunfld full oft in many a grene mede : " This was the old opinion, as I rede." Hence too we find, that Spenfer followed the eftablifhed tradition, in luppofing his Fairy Queen °... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 452 pages
...honour ; " All was this lond fuiiillid of fayry : " The ELF-QUENE, with her jolly company, " Daunfid full oft in many a grene mede : " This was the old opinion, as I rede." Hence too we find, that Spenfer followed the eftablimed tradition, in iuppofing his Fairy Queen " to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...; ' All was this lond fulfilled of faerie ; ' The Elf-tfuene, with hire joly compagnie ' Danced ful oft in many a grene mede ; ' This was the old opinion as I rede." Steeiiem. 8 Playing on pipes of corn,] Richard Brathwaite ( Strappado for the Devil, 1615,) has a poem... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...; ' All was this lond fulfilled of faerie ; ' The Elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie ' Danced ful oft in many a grene mede : ' This was the old opinion as I rede." Steevens. s Playing on pipes of corn,] Richard Brathwaite f Strappado for the DeviI, 1615,) has a poem... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 446 pages
...honour ; All was this lond fulfillid of t'.iyry : The ELF-QUENE, with her jolly company, Daunfid t'ull oft in many a grene mede : This was the old opinion, as I rede." Hence too we find, that Spenfer followed the eftabliihed tradition, in 1'uppofing his Fairy Queen"... | |
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IN olde dayes of the king Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie; The Elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie, Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. This was the old opinion as I rede... 
