 | Charles Hutton - 1775 - 416 páginas
...queen, and of the ftrange feats they a<aed ; for thus flie ufed to tattle, There is Mab the miftrefs fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning As ihe pleafe without difcerning. She that pinches country wenche» If they rub not clean... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 700 páginas
...volume. G. * ie time or season. It is so used by our old poets. W. This is Mab the Mistress Fairy l , That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help...discerning. 1 Fai. Pug, you will anon take warning 3 ? Sat. She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean their benches, And with sharper nails... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - 1828 - 392 páginas
...witfi the Fairies, skipped in, out, and about their circle, while they made many offers to catch him.) This is Mab, the mistress Fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy ; And can hurt or help the churning As she please, without discerning. \itFai. Pug, you will anon take warning. Sat, She that... | |
 | 1836 - 424 páginas
...fairies slipped in, and out, and about, their circle, while they made many offers to catch at him.~\ This is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning, As she please, without discerning. FIRST FAIRY. Pug, you will anon take warning I * Time,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 páginas
...many other tricks, which (to say the least of them) were very unbecoming her regal dignity: " There is Mab, the mistress fairy. That doth nightly rob the dairy : And can help or hurt the churning As she please without discerning. 229 She that pinches country wenches If... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 432 páginas
...many other tricks, which (to say the least of them) were very unbecoming her regal dignity: " There is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy : And can help or hurt the churning Aa she please without discerning. 220 229 She that pinches country wenches... | |
 | 1835 - 344 páginas
...flipped in, out, and about, their circle, white theg made mang offer* to catch at Aim.] This is Mah, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning, As she please, without discerning. FIRST FAIRY. Pug, yon will anon take warning ? SATVB*... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1840 - 600 páginas
...those at Guildhall ; but giants, palace, and all, were demolished by Cromwell and his destructives. This is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy. She can start our franklins' daughters In their sleep with shrieks and laughters And on sweet St. Agnes'... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 388 páginas
...Satyr. Not so nimbly as your feet, When, about the cream -bowls sweet, You and all your elves do meet. This is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy. She can start our franklins' daughters In their sleep with shrieks and laughters, And on sweet St.... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 páginas
...prayer or two, And sleeps again." I find the following in Poole's English Parnassus, p. 333 : " There is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can help or hurt the churning As she please, without discerning. She that pinches country wenches, If they... | |
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She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean their benches, And with sharper nails remembers When they rake not up their embers: But if so they chance to feast her, In a shoe she drops a tester. 
