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" And he, by friar's lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set... "
Complete guide to the certificate and scholarship examinations, by a head ... - Page 111
by J T. Amner - 1878
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...:ii With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd and pull'd,'shc said; And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the drudging goblin swet To earn nis cream-bowl duly set, '. "; i . When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 4

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...mirth. With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets oat; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said; And he, by friar's lantern 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 had...
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The poetical works of Walter Scott, Volume 4

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...Goodfellow, and Jack o'Lantem. It is in allusion to this mischievous demon that Milton's clown speaks,— She was pinched and pulled, she said, And he by friar's lantern led. " The History of Friar Rush" is of extreme rarity, and, for some time, even the existence of such a...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 17

British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...ale, With stories told of many a feat, How faery Mab the junkets eat. She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said ; And he, by friar's lantern 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...
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Hudibras: A Poem, Volume 2

Samuel Butler - 1822 - 496 pages
...— With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern 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 had...
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Hudibras: A Poem, Volume 2

Samuel Butler - 1822 - 516 pages
...ale,-^ With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led : Tells how the drudging gublin sweat, To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy...
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Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena

Thomas Forster - Climatology - 1823 - 490 pages
...under which such charges have taken place do not appear to have been sufficiently attended to. * " She was pinched and pulled, she said, And he by Friar's Lantern led." Milton. The late M. Edward Forster mentioned to me that this phaenomenon used to be common in the marshes...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...ale, With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets ate ; She was pinch'd, and pull'd, she said, And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shad'wy flail had...
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The poetical works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 2

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 pages
...Goodfellow, and Jack o' Lantern. It is in allusion to this mischievous demon that Milton's clown speaks, — She was pinched and pulled, she said, And he by friar's lantern led. " The History of Friar Hush" is of extreme rarity, and, for some time, even the existence of such a...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...wanderers, turn your steps aside, Nor trust the guidance of that faithless light. So Milton observes : — She was pinched and pulled, she said, And he by Friar's Lantern led. This phenomenon used to be common in the marshes between Walthamstow and Tottenham, but it has now...
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