| 单词 | Robin Goodfellow |
| 例句 | Even if Robin Goodfellow isn’t here to invite mischief into the lives of lovers and friends, there will be other tricksters and spirits to take his place. A Smorgasbord of Shakespeare, With Some New Trimmings 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z While you're up there putting a girdle round the Earth like a high-tech Robin Goodfellow, you might run in to the Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer that Ella Fitzgerald sang about. Readers recommend: songs about aliens – results 2013-05-09T13:00:02Z Shakespeare buffs will recognize Robin Goodfellow, Moth and Oberon, continuing their machinations from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with a little plot help from “Much Ado About Nothing.” A Doubleheader of Baseball Novels for Fans and Non-Fans Alike 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Puck, of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” was also known as Robin Goodfellow. Barbara Adams Mowat, editor of authoritative editions of Shakespeare, dies at 83 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Robin Goodfellow—Midsummer Night's Dream.—This gallery gave the public an opportunity of judging of Fuseli's versatile powers. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z No bird that we have has so varied a repertoire as Robin Goodfellow, and I do not believe that any boy or girl alive could recognise him by every one of his calls and songs. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z ‘Robin Goodfellow has been here!’ she will cry when she sees what I have been after, and her greedy old eyes will fill with tears. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z But it wasn't, and if it had not been for Robin Goodfellow's presence of mind, I am sure I do not know what would have happened. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z "Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow." A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z Call on me if you are ever in trouble, my name is Robin Goodfellow;' and darting off, he was out of sight in an instant. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z "Nay," said Dame Hathaway, "it was Robin Goodfellow, you see, who led him into all these sloughs and pitfalls he describes, and at length brought him to our door." William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Why, Nain Rouge of Normandy, first cousin to Puck and Robin Goodfellow across the water.” The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z "Indeed and indeed then it is," mocked the impudent Robin Goodfellow. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z That the fairies, however, were fond of indulging in mischievous sport at the expense of mortals is beyond all doubt, the merry pranks of Puck or Robin Goodfellow fully illustrating this item of our fairy-lore. Folk-lore of Shakespeare This is Robin Goodfellow, known to readers of fairy tales. Minor Poems by Milton There have been many tales told of Robin Goodfellow in my young days, an I could but remember them. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Four lovers, two young Athenians of high birth and their sweethearts, are almost inextricably tangled by careless Robin Goodfellow, who has dropped the juice of love-in-idleness upon the eyes of the wrong lovers. An Introduction to Shakespeare At this Robin Goodfellow grew nervous, and the children got frightened lest the Queen should discover and punish them for their temerity. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z Like earthly monarchs, he has his jester, “that shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare The English had a similar hobgoblin in Robin Goodfellow. The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races An Interpretation Puck and Robin Goodfellow, and all their elfin throng, have fled ever from the scene. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Robin Goodfellow was a favorite character among the common folks. An Introduction to Shakespeare But far oftener he is a more potent spirit than any Robin Goodfellow, and as powerful as Ariel and Ariel's master. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Since hag-bred Merlin's time have I Continued night-sports to and fro, That, for my pranks, men call me by The name of Robin Goodfellow. Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc St. Hermes's flickering fire, Robin Goodfellow's dancing light, or the blue flame of the corpse-candle, which I saw flitting to the churchyard last week, was not so pretty a sight—ha, ha! Rookwood "Dead!" cried Dame Hathaway, regaining courage, when she found the visitor was not a fairy, or perhaps Robin Goodfellow in propri� person�. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z An’ there was a Robin Goodfellow, though I don’t rightly remember who he was exactly.” The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables It was, however, the ruin of the St. Ronan's Robin Goodfellow, who did no good afterwards,—“gaed an ill gate,” as Meg Dods said, and “took on” with a party of strolling players. St. Ronan's Well Puck, the mischievous Robin Goodfellow, who is ever playing pranks among his fairy tribe and human lovers, enters the forest scene and addresses one of the fairies thus: "How now, spirit, whither wander you?" Shakspere, Personal Recollections Robin Goodfellow says, "I'll go put on my devilish robes—I mean my Christmas calf's-skin suit—and then walk to the woods." The Peace Egg and Other tales I adopt these lines because they allude to the curious old opinion, that bread carried about the person was a charm against tricks of Robin Goodfellow, though they bear date 1659. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z The other name for the fairy Robin Goodfellow is Puck, which derives through the Gaelic Bouca from the Slavic Bog, which means God. The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology In England, Robin Goodfellow was supposed to perform like functions. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales The frolics of Robin Goodfellow are rendered with the utmost grace and spirit. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions They won't be Apollos,—but even Puck is a Robin Goodfellow, since, "In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-laborers could not end." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Who?" said the old host, "why, who but Robin Goodfellow, his own self! William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Sometimes they are only mischievous, like Robin Goodfellow, and will milk the cows, and sour the milk, or pull your hair, if you wander about at night in certain well-known uncanny places. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official From hag-bred Merlin's time have I Thus nightly revelled to and fro; And for my pranks men call me by The name of Robin Goodfellow. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Puck is strictly not a proper name; and in the quartos and folios of A Midsummer-Night's Dream, Puck, Robin, and Robin Goodfellow are used indiscriminately. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Puck's characteristics seem to have been derived from the little tract of 'Robin Goodfellow, His Mad Pranks and Merry Jests.' Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Birmingham, however, need not send abroad for specimens of this kind, "Robin Goodfellow" chronicling the death on Nov. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically Robin Goodfellow, on the contrary, must have both his food and his rest, as Milton informs us, amid his other notices of country superstitions, in the poem of L'Allegro. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft In Danish 'spog' means a joke, trick, or prank, and hence the character of Robin Goodfellow. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Robin Goodfellow, the Puck, or Hobgoblin, is however essentially mischievous. The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' "Give her that for me, will you, Prince Robin Goodfellow." Truxton King A Story of Graustark I have been greatly delighted, however, at meeting with some traces of my old favourite, Robin Goodfellow, though under a different appellation from any of those by which I have heretofore heard him called. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Of a meaner origin and occupation was the Scottish Brownie, already mentioned as somewhat resembling Robin Goodfellow in the frolicsome days of Old England. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft An instance of a fairy incubus is given in the "Life of Robin Goodfellow," Hazlitt's Fairy Mythology, p. Elizabethan Demonology But certainly some one knave in a white sheet hath cozened and abused many thousands that way; specially when Robin Goodfellow kept such a coil in the country.... The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' "Enter Robin Goodfellow, in a suit of leather, close to his body, his hands and face coloured russet colour, with a flail." Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition The parson assures me that many of the peasantry believe in household goblins, called Dubbies, which live about particular farms and houses, in the same way that Robin Goodfellow did of old. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists In this passage the bishop plainly shows the fairies maintained their influence in William's imagination, since the courteous keeper was mistaken by their associate champion for Puck or Robin Goodfellow. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft This is the Esprit Follet of the French; and Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, though enlisted by Shakespeare among the fairy band of Oberon, properly belongs to this class of phantoms. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 “I cannot but grieve for his sad condition, sir,” replied Anne, “but as for anything more—it would make me shudder to think of it—he is still too like Robin Goodfellow.” A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Mammon must be more than his brownie, more than his Robin Goodfellow; he must be the subject Djin of a holy spell—holier than Solomon's wisdom, more potent than the stamp of his seal. Paul Faber, Surgeon Puck, a tricky, mischievous fairy, identified with Robin Goodfellow, and sometimes confounded with a house spirit, propitiated by kind words and the liberty of the cream-bowl. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Certainly," said Reginald Scot, talking of times before his own, "some one knave in a white sheet hath cozened and abused many thousands, specially when Robin Goodfellow kept such a coil in the country. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft The old author long ago foretasted this, who wrote,—"The divine arts of printing and gunpowder have frightened away Robin Goodfellow, and all the fairies." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 To this we may add a similar example, from our own art, in the Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Lectures on Art A song to the tune is inserted in the tract of "Robin Goodfellow," 1628, 4°, but no doubt first published many years earlier. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Robin Goodfellow supports himself without that stick of a moral which you have thrown away,—but how I can be brought in felo de omittendo for that Ending to the boy builders is a mystery. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 He let the broad glare of common sense in upon their foolish musings, and scared away Robin Goodfellow and the fairies by means of the Western Gaslight Company's illuminating medium. Birds of Prey This impish animal had been christened Robin Goodfellow, a name that was shortened for convenience to Robin. The Golden Calf Probably, however, it is only our old friend Robin Goodfellow, whose namesake Knecht Ruprecht makes such a figure in the German fairy mythology. Among My Books First Series The Midsummer Night's Dream," where a hairy says to him— "You are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow. Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland I truly hold it for an honour and praise to be called and reputed a Frolic Gualter and a Robin Goodfellow; for under this name am I welcome in all choice companies of Pantagruelists. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 I would call to mind all that I had read of Robin Goodfellow and his power of transformation. The Crayon Papers I partake more of the nature of a Brownie or Robin Goodfellow—goblins, 'tis true, but full of merriment and fun, and fond of good eating and drinking. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 Is one that seems to labour in every man's calling but his own, and, like Robin Goodfellow, does any man's drudgery that will let him. Character Writings of the 17th Century In the "Jests of Robin Goodfellow," first printed in Queen Elizabeth's reign, the tricks which this creature is said to have played are told in plenty. Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland Well, if he cosen the scholar of her, 'twould make my worship laugh; and if he have her, he may say,—Godamercy, Robin Goodfellow: O, ware a good head as long as you live. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 If any ask who beat thee so, Tell them 'twas Robin Goodfellow. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 "My name," said the little man, "is Robin Goodfellow, and I'll find them for you." Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories I am for him, were he Robin Goodfellow. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Bob Wharton was pagan in his joyous inconsequence; his romping spirits could not be damped; he bubbled with the optimism of a Robin Goodfellow. The Auction Block Pray ye, sir, is your name Robin Goodfellow? A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The young ladies in love would interest the side-boxes; and Robin Goodfellow and his companions excite a lively fellow-feeling in the children from school. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays "Oh, Robin Goodfellow, Robin Goodfellow!" cried Fairyfoot, "how grateful I am to you!" Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories "Robin Goodfellow," said Mr. Hughes, overhearing her, and immediately began to sing-- Magnum Bonum No, of course I am thinking of Robin Goodfellow. Dear Brutus If thou seest him, tell him Robin Goodfellow would speak with him. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 But it is a Robin Goodfellow nevertheless, a perfect Puck, that loves nothing on earth so well as mischief. Our Village "Not as grateful as I am to you," said Robin Goodfellow. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories And there was Robin Goodfellow waiting for him under the tree! Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Robin Goodfellow, too, seemed to be in very good spirits. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Now," said Robin Goodfellow, "you shall see me sweep all before me. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories He is a rustic wit—a sort of Robin Goodfellow—the sauciest, idlest, cleverest, best-natured boy in the parish; always foremost in mischief, and always ready to do a good turn. Our Village Well, well," said Robin Goodfellow, "that is a disagreeable state of affairs. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories "You have been enjoying yourself?" almost shrieked Robin Goodfellow. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Robin Goodfellow turned around and rushed out of the group. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories They were always great friends with Robin Goodfellow, and he was always very confidential with them about Gauzita, who continued to be as pretty and saucy as ever. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Fairyfoot did so, and the swine rushed through the forest before them, and Robin Goodfellow perched himself on the Prince's shoulder, and chatted as they went. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Well," continued Robin Goodfellow, "you can always call your swine with it, so you will never be beaten again. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories |
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