The housewives' tun not work, nor the milk churn ! Writhe children's wrists, and suck their breath in sleep, Get vials of their blood ! and where the sea Casts up his slimy ooze, search for a weed To open locks with, and to rivet charms, Planted about... History of Civilisation - Pàgina 312per William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1920 - 606 pàgines
...and to harm neighbors, — "To make ewes cast their lambs, swine eat their farrow, The housewives' tun not work, nor the milk churn! Writhe children's...for a weed To open locks with, and to rivet charms." * Clearly this is a highly realistic portrait to be introduced into a pastoral ! Continuing with the... | |
| Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1926 - 840 pàgines
...drowned lands of Lincolnshire; To make ewes cast their lambs, swine eat their farrow, The housewives' tun* not work, nor the milk churn! Writhe children's...wicked feat' Of all her mischiefs, which are manifold. 'Dell. ' Lair. * Webs like those of the tent-caterpillar, rather than the chrysalis. «Feed. 1 Cask... | |
| Henry Van Dyke - 1950 - 74 pàgines
...drowned lands of Lincolnshire ; To make ewes cast their lambs, swine eat their farrow, The housewife's tun not work, nor the milk churn; Writhe children's...wicked feat Of all her mischiefs, which are manifold. John*- 1 wonder such a story could be told Of her dire deeds. Geo. I thought a witch's banks Had enclos'd... | |
| Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1926 - 834 pàgines
...drowned lands of Lincolnshire ; To make ewes cast their lambs, swine eat their farrow, The housewives' tun' not work, nor the milk churn! Writhe children's...and to rivet charms, Planted about her in the wicked feat1 Of all her mischiefs, which are manifold. • Web» like those of the tent-caterpillar, rather... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1875 - 540 pàgines
...drowned lands of Lincolnshire ; To make ewes cast their lambs, swine eat their farrow, The house wives tun not work, nor the milk churn ! Writhe children's...up his slimy ooze, search for a weed To open locks with,9 and to rivet charms, 8 Not jeer'd, &c."] Alken has not forgotten the rudeness of Scathlock,... | |
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