 | 1858 - 1930 σελίδες
...around." .me masque the queen is thus characterized by a satyr : 11 This is MAD, the mistress fair}-, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning, (As she please) without discerning. She that pinches country wences, If they rub not clean thefr benches,... | |
 | 1858 - 1742 σελίδες
...embers; But, if so they chance to feast her, In a shoe she drops a tester. " This Is MAB, Uic mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy. And can hurt or help the chunilng, (As she please) without discerning. This Is she that emptys cradles. Takes out children,... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 814 σελίδες
...Germany, and the Howleglass or Owlespeigle of Scotland. Ben Jonson refers to Mab as the mistress fury, That doth nightly rob the dairy; And can hurt or help the churning As she pmeaae without discerning. She that pinches country wenches If they rub not clean their benches,... | |
 | William Sidney Walker - 1860 - 574 σελίδες
...he please." Jonson, Entertainment at Althorpe, Gifford, vol. vi. p. 471, " Thia is Mab, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning, As she please, without discerning." Silent Woman, ii. 1, Gifford, vol. iii. p. 370,—"Then you must keep... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 464 σελίδες
...Shakespeare has given a famous description of Queen Mab in " Romeo and Juliet," ai, sc. 4. Mob, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy. And can hurt or help the churning Аз ehe please, without discerning; She that pinches country wenches If they rub not clean their benches,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson, William Carew Hazlitt - 1875 - 448 σελίδες
...around." 1 In the same masque the queen is thus characterised by a satyr— " This is MAB, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning (As she please), without discerning. She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean their benches,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson, William Carew Hazlitt - 1875 - 444 σελίδες
...around." 1 In the same masque the queen is thus characterised by a satyr—• " This is MAB, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning (As she please), without discerning. She that pinches country wenches, If they rub not clean their benches,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 532 σελίδες
...will anon take warning ? 5 Sat. She that pinches country wenches, This is Mab, the mistress Fairy, 4 That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the cherning, As she please, without discerning. 2 Fai. Shall we strip the skipping jester ? Sat. This... | |
 | 1877 - 362 σελίδες
...little atomies Over men's noses as they lie asleep. SHAKESPERE, Romeo and Juliet. — MAR, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning As she please, without discerning; She that pinches country wenches If they rub not clean their benches,... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 σελίδες
...little atomies Over men's noses as they lie asleep. SHAKESPEKE, Borneo and Juliet. — MAB, the mistress fairy, That doth nightly rob the dairy, And can hurt or help the churning As she please, without discerning ; She that pinches country wenches If they rub not clean their benches,... | |
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