Hag. Under a cradle I did creep, By day ; and when the child was asleep, At night, I suck'd the breath ; and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. History of Civilisation - Pągina 294per William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pągines
...sexton out of his wits. 5 WITCH. Under a cradle I did crepe By day ; and, when the childe was a-sleepe At night, I suck'd the breath ; and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. 6 WITCH. I had a dagger : what did I with that ? Killed an infant to have his fat. A piper it got at... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pągines
...private grots, and publicke pits, And frighted a sexten out of his wits. 5. Under a cradle I did creepe, By day ; and, when the child was asleep*, At night,...and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. 6. I had a dagger : what did I with that? Kill'd an infant, to have his fat. A piper it got, at a church-ale,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pągines
...a sexten out of his wits. 5. Under a cradle I did creepe, By day ; and, when the child was asleepe, At night, I suck'd the breath ; and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the owe. 6. I had a dagger : what did I with that ? Kill'd an infant, to have his fat. A piper it got,... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1812 - 456 pągines
...sexton out of his wits. 5 WITCH. Under a cradle I did crepe \ By day ; and, when the childe was a-sleepe At night, I suck'd the breath ; and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. 20 6 WITCH. I had a dagger : what did I with that ? Killed an infant to have his fat. A piper it got... | |
| Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 pągines
...were full ; From private grotts, and public pits, And frighted a sexton out of his wits. First Witch. Under a cradle I did creep By day ; and when the child...and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. Fourth Witch. A murderer, yonder, was hung in chains, The sun and the wind had shrunk his veins ; I... | |
| 1813 - 496 pągines
...were full, From private grots and public pits. And li ulitrtl a sexton out of bis wits. 5th Witch. Under a cradle I did creep By day, and when the child wai asleep, At night I snck'd the breath, and rose And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. 6th Witch.... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 462 pągines
...that were full ; From private grots, and public pits; And frighted a sexton out of his wits. 5 Hag. Under a cradle I did creep, By day ; and when the...and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. in their work : for they all confess, that nothing is so cross, or baleful to them in their nights,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pągines
...of his -•.•;•-. 5 Witch. Under a cradle I did creepe By day, and when the childe was a-sleepe At night, I suck'd the breath ; and rose, And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the noje. 6 Witch. I had a dagger : what did 1 with that? Killed an infant to have his fat : A piper it... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pągines
...charnel-houses, that were full ; From private grots, and public pits, And frighted a sexton out of his wits. 5. — and his works mvst fallow ; Must undergo the...wit is out of date. Some country squire to Lintot 7. A murderer, yonder, was hung in chains, The sun and the wind had shrunk his veins ; I bit off a... | |
| 1839 - 642 pągines
...onbesett him." In short, it was the favourite shape in which the witches played their pranks. " Under the cradle I did creep By day, and when the child was...and rose And pluck'd the nodding nurse by the nose. * Weaver's. j Extremities. .! Joints. £ Two persons of that name. \\ Trial of Apt e6 Sampsoun, 1590.... | |
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