 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...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 duly set, " When in one night,...His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, " That ten day-labourers could not end ; " Then lies him down the lubber fiend." A like account of Puck is given... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...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 duly set, ' When in one night,...His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, ' That ten day-labourers could not end ; ' Then lies him down the lubber fiend." A like account of Puck is given... | |
 | 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...pincht, and pull'd, she said, And he by friars' Ian thorn led ; Tells how the drudging Goblin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night,...His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down the lubbar fiend, And stretch 'd out all the chimney's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 384 pages
...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 duly set, " When in one 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
...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 in 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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...feat, Mow faery Map the junkets eat, She was pincht, and pull'd she said, And he by frier's lanthorn led Tells how the drudging goblin swet, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flale hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-lab'rcrs could... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...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
...feat, How Fairy Matl the junkets ate. She was pinch'd, aud pull'd, she said, And he by friars lanthorn led. Tells how the drudging goblin swet, To earn his...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... | |
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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... 
