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" Faery thee uuweeting reft, There as thou slepst in tender swadling band, And her base Elfin brood there for thee left : Such, men do chaungelings call, so chaung'd by Faeries theft. "
The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 157
by British poets - 1822
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A Letter Concerning a New Edition of Spenser's Faerie Queene. To Gilbert ...

John Upton - 1751 - 54 pages
..." For well I wote thou fpringft from ancient race " Of Saxon kinges. B. 1. CX ft. 65. " Thence fhe thee brought into this faery lond, " And in an heaped...Where thee a ploughman all unweeting fond, " As he his toylefome teme thatway did guyde, " And brought thee up in plougmans ftate to byde, " Whereof Gtorgos...
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Spenser's Faerie Queene, Volume 1

Edmund Spenser - Epic poetry, English - 1758 - 800 pages
...there for thee left: Such men do chaungelings call, fo cbaung'd by faeries theft. LXVI. 'Thence Jhe thee brought into this faery lond, And in an heaped furrow did tbee byde, Wlxre thee a ploughman all unweeting fond, As be bis toylefome teme that way did guy de,...
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Love's labour's lost. Midsummer night's dream

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 pages
...changelings'] ie A. child got in exchange. A Fairy is now speaking. REMARKS. So Spenser, BI c. 10. " And her base elfin brood there for thee left, " Such men do changelings call, so call'd by fairy theft. STEEVENS. 89. — Shcen,~\ Shining, bright, gay. JOHNSON....
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 3

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 504 pages
...there for thee left: Such, men do chaungelings call, fo chaung'd by Faeries theft. LXVI. " Thence fhe thee brought into this Faery lond, And in an heaped...Where thee a ploughman all unweeting fond, As he his toylefbme teme that way did guyde, And brought thee up in ploughmans ftate to byde, Whereof Georgos...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 pages
...supposed to be left by the fairies, but here for a child taken away. Johnson. So, Spenser, B. I, c. x: " And her base elfin brood there for thee left, " Such men do changelings call, so call'd by fairy theft." St eevens. It is here properly used, and in its common...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...supposed to be left by the fairies, but here for a child taken away. Johnson. So, Spenser, B. I, c. x: " And her base elfin brood there for thee left, " Such men do changelings call, so call'd by fairy theft." Steevens. It is here properly used, and in its common...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...new-born child. From thence a fairy thee unweeting reft, There as thou slcpt'st in tender itvudHingint, And her base elfin brood there for thee left: Such men do changelings call, so changed bf fairies theft. Sfaucr. The great baby you see there is not yet out...
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...to the popular character of the Fairy : — — A Fairy thee nnweeting reft ; There as thou sleptst in tender swadling band. And her base elfin brood there for thee left : Such men do changelings call, so chang'd by Fairies theft. Book I. Canto 10. possessed no such advantage, retained...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Issue 5

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 404 pages
...child left behind by the fairies, in the room of one which they had stolen. So Spenser, B. 1. c. 10. " And her base Elfin brood there for thee left " Such, men do changelings call, so call'd by fairy theft." STEEVENS. 3» You are a made old man;] In former copies,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Spenser, Daniel

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 610 pages
...throne in Britane land, And vanquish! them, unable to withstand : From thence a Faery thee unweeting reft, /There as thou slepst in tender swadling band, And her base Elfin brood there for thee left : Sacb, men do channeling* call, so chaung'd by Faeries theft " Thence she thee brought into this Faery...
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