 | 1808 - 500 sider
...word Plygan, as applied to this cuftom. Accordingly, Shakefpeare finely defcribes this old opinion -. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singethall night long: And then they say no spirit walks abroad : The nights are... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 498 sider
...and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then, say they, no spirit dares walk abroad: The nights... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 sider
...of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock *. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, Tliis bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 sider
...to insinuate a. kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of tbe cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes . . Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The nights... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 sider
...and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, say they, no spirit dares walk abroad : The... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 350 sider
...and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then they say no spirit walks abroad ; The nights... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 sider
...and of the truth herein This present object made probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singe) h all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome:... | |
 | 1817 - 292 sider
...can appear on Christmas eve. This we learn from Shakespeare : It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeih all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The nights are wholesome,... | |
 | 1824 - 462 sider
...crowint; of Ihe cock, heard sometimes in the profound repose of the country, "telling the night-watches to his feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce Ihe approach of this sacred festival:— " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 502 sider
...the truth herein This present object made probation. MAR. It faded on the crowing of the cock. (28) Some say,* that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, 1623> 3S. The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir* abroad;... | |
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gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long... 
