...established law, however, that none can appear on Christmas eve. This we learn from Shakespeare : It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeih all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad: The nights are wholesome,...

...unsubstantial, it may be an ill-omened vision ; still it is the halo of the pure, and lovely moon. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome...

...night about Christmas time, and to insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's hirth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long. And then, they say, no spirit dares...

...spirit hies " To his confine : and of the truth ^e This present object made probation.1 Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ;...

...spirit hies To his confine : 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 our Saviour s birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no...

...the truth herein This present object made probation. MAR. It faded on the crowing of the cock. (28) Some say,* that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, 1623> 3S. The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir* abroad;...

...insinuate a kind of religious veneration for that season. " It faded on the crowing of the cock. Seine say. that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights...

...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...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome...

...hies To his confine : and of the truth herein This present object made probation f. Afar* It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singfth all night long : And then they say no spirit dares*stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then...

...said, that bread baked on this eve, will not become mouldy. Can Shakspeare be too hacknied to quote? " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then they say no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ;...