 The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels ; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge.  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 4041891Full view - About this book
 | George Pepper - Ireland - 1829 - 486 pages
...denoted inirtn and ie»uv -ity in general ; and in this sense it occurs in Shakspeare, as follows: — " The King doth wake to-n'ight, and takes his rouse,...Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels." took the cup, and kissed the damsel, and pledged her." f Milton alludes to the custom of wassailling... | |
 | Samuel Morewood - Alcoholic beverages - 1838 - 768 pages
...wassailers, which at length became the common appellation for topers and drunkards. Thus Shakspeare — ' ' The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swagg'ring upspring reels." Baily says, this drink was customary among the monks of St. Albans, and... | |
 | Henry Curling - 1846 - 1012 pages
...RICHARD BENTI-EY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1846. JOHN OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER I. THE BANQUET AFTER THE BATTLE. The King doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering Tip-spring reels; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...spirit held his wont to walk. [ A'y /.*• i if warlike mime within, What docs this mean, my lord ! Ham. more strange, I must confess, But that thou swagg'ring up-spring reels ; And as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1903 - 666 pages
...bout—ie, of a round of drinks, an expression clearly connected with the idea of the preceding lines :— The king doth wake to-night and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels And drains his draughts of Rhenish down. • • i , They clepe us drunkards, &c. This heavy-headed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 712 pages
...to walk. [A flourish of trumpets, and ordnance shot off within. What does this mean, my lord? Ham. The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph... | |
 | Thomas McMullen - Alcoholic beverages - 1852 - 354 pages
...intimately associated with the drinking usages in the British Isles. Shakspeare alludes to this custom, and says : " The king doth wake to-night, and takes his...Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels." Baily also refers to it, and says it was common among the monks of St. Albans, and usually placed before... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 734 pages
...to walk. \A flourish of trumpets, and ordnance shot off, within. What does this mean, my lord ? Ham. The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up -spring reels; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 404 pages
...king's rouse. The king's deep or jolly draught of wine. Afterwards, in Scene 4 of this act, we have ' The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering tip-spring reels' Steevens quoted from Chapman's Alphonsus : ' We Germans have no changes in our dances... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 212 pages
...walk. [_A flourish of trumpets, and ordnance shot off, within. What does this mean, my lord ? Ham. The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels; 2 And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph... | |
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