When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full... Superstitions about Animals - Page 137by Frank F. Gibson - 1904 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...the junkets eat ; " She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, " And he by frier's lanthorn led ; " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat " To earn his cream-bowl...not end ; " Then lies him down the lubber fiend." A like account of Puck is given by Drayton, in his Nymphidia: " He meeteth Puck, which most men call... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...the junkets eat; " She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, " And he by frier's lanthorn led ; ' Tells how the drudging goblin sweat ' To earn his cream-bowl...not end ; ' Then lies him down the lubber fiend." A like account of Puck is given by Drayton, in his Nymphidia: " He meeteth Puck, which most men call... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...shield's unruly weight. Cnulty. •s. To toil; to labour; to drudge. How the drudging goblin ruitt To earn his cream-bowl duly set; "When in one night,...of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn. Mill. Our author, not content to see That others write as carelessly as he ; Though he pretends not... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
...cream-bowl duly fet, When in one-night, ere glimpfs of mom, His fhadowy flail had threfh'd the csi:i That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, ftretch'd out all the chimney's length, Balks at the fire his hairy ilrength, And, cropful, out of... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Mab the junkets eat j fclie was pincht, and pull'd, she said, And he by friars' Ian thorn led ; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl...day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch 'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength j And... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...the junkets eat; " She was pinch'd and pull'd, she said, " And he by frier's lanthorn led ; " Tells how the drudging goblin sweat " To earn his cream-bowl...night, ere glimpse of morn, " His shadowy flail hath thrcsh'd the corn, " That ten day-labourers could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubber fiend."... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...eat. She was pinch'd, and pull'd.she said, And he by friar's lanthorn led j Tells how the drudgiMg goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When...one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail has thrash'd the corn That ten day-1. h'rers could not end; Then lays him down the lobber (lend, And... | |
| Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 pages
...himself by the fire *, does not drudge from the hope of • — how the drudging goblin swet, To earn the cream-bowl, duly set ; When, in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn, That ten day-lab'rers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And,... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...She was pinch'd and pull'd she said, And he, by friar's lanthorn led, Tells how the drudging Gcblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...was pinch'd, aud pull'd, she said, And he by friars lanthorn led. Tells how the drudging goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn. His shadowy flail hath thresn'd the com That ten day-lab'rers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubbar fiend, And stretch... | |
| |