...subsided. To this Shakspeare alludes in his tragedy of Hamlet — " Some say, that ever 'gainst this season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,...of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they eay, no spirits stir abroad." 'Tis of this advantage the carollers and revellers, on each saint's eve,...

...celehrated, This hird of dawning singeth all nightlong. And then, they say, no Spirit dares stir ahroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No Fairy takes, nor Witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." (3) The passage is thus translated in Bourne, ut supra : " They...

...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...to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the moru, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er...

...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...to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But look, the mom, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er...

...William Shakspere. It was for the age when superstition, as we call it, had its poetical faith : — " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." J * Winter's Tale. t William Hone's ' Ancient Mysteries,' p....

...dames , " was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival: — " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hhth power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." Amidst the general call to...

...feathery dames," was thought by the common people to announce the approach of this sacred festival : — "Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." Amidst the general call to...

...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...night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroadi; 9 Shall I strike AT it — ] The word " at " is omitted in the quartos ; and in a preceding...

...iii. 4. Heavens grant that Warwick's words bewitch him not. 3 HENRY VI. iii. 3. BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOUR. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein...celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long, So hallowed, and so gracious, is the time. HAMLET, i. 1. BLESSING. God's benison go with you ! MACEETH,...

...probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wrherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning...night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad1; t Shall I strike AT it — ] The word " at " is omitted in the quartos ; and in a preceding...