 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pàgines
...Mab the junkets eat j She was pinch' d and pull' d she said, And he by friar' 's lanthorn led ; Tell how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in me night, ere glimpse of morn, Mis shadowy Jlail had thresh' d the corn, Which ten day-labourers could... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pàgines
...fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pincht and pull'd, she said, And by the frier's lanthorn led ; Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, ' When When in one night ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1810 - 874 pàgines
...fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said . And he, by friar's lanthern led : " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set j When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrcsh'd the corn That ten day-labourers... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pàgines
...wandering fire Compact of unctuous rapour, which the night, &c. Which oft, they say, some evil ipirit Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, 105 In the midst of a solemn and learned enarration, his strong imagination could not resist a romantic... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pàgines
...And he, bv friar's lantern led, Such as hang on Hehe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; 30 Tells how" the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, ICi Sport that wrinkled Care derides. When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, And Laughter holding... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 502 pàgines
...nigbt, after the family have gone to bed, by the glowing embers. When put in particular good humor by the warmth of their lodgings, and the tidiness...household work before morning; churning the cream, brewing Ihe beer, or spinning all the good dame's flax. All this is precisely the conduct of Robin Goodfellow,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 508 pàgines
...night, after the family have gone to bed, by the glowing embers. When put in particular good humor by the warmth of their lodgings, and the tidiness of the housemaids, they.will overcome their natural laziness, and do a vast deal of household work before morning; churning... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pàgines
...market. The Italian word giunShe was pinched and pulled, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, 105 cata, literally meaning covered with rushes, also signifies creamcheese. (Lat. juncus, Ital. giunco,... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pàgines
...faery Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinched, and pulled, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, AVhen in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1860 - 486 pàgines
...night, after the family have gone to bed, by the glowing embers. When put in particular good humor by the warmth of their lodgings, and the tidiness...Robin Goodfellow, described so charmingly by Milton : " Telia how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse... | |
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Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail... 
