...birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time. Hor. So have I heard, and do in part believe it. But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks...

...the Ghost in Hamlet disappears at the crowing of the cock : v "It faded on the crowing of the cock. * Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ; no witch hath...

...confine. But, during this holy season, the cock was supposed to exert his power throughout the night : — Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes : no witch hath power...

...the season of Christmas, which are thus commemorated by the first, perhaps, of uninspired writers. " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power...

...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...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,* nor witch hath...

...birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad , The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...charm : So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." J * Winter's Tale. t William Hone's ' Ancient Mysteries,' p. 92. { Hamlet, Act i., Scene i. Surely...

...the olden time) the very season is considered sacredly wholesome against all unnatural harms : — " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes. Wherein...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath...

...birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets...So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." HAMLET. THE progress of the Christmas celebrations has, at length, brought us up to the immediate threshold...

...birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome : then no planets...to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time." A RIGHT merry time is Christmas ! Then, the misletoe hangs from the beam, and red-berried holly is...

...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...singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power...