Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. thanks to Mr. Collier for the loan of the unique copy from which the above extracts have been made to Mr. W. Chappell , for various valuable suggestions ; and to Mr. F. W. Fairholt , a zealous Member of the Percy Society ...
Percy Society. thanks to Mr. Collier for the loan of the unique copy from which the above extracts have been made to Mr. W. Chappell , for various valuable suggestions ; and to Mr. F. W. Fairholt , a zealous Member of the Percy Society ...
Page 131
... copy - hold . " These shoe strings were generally gathered in a large bow , and thus obtained from Rowlands , and others , the name of cabbage shoe - strings , from a fancied resemblance to that plant ; the wearers generally terming ...
... copy - hold . " These shoe strings were generally gathered in a large bow , and thus obtained from Rowlands , and others , the name of cabbage shoe - strings , from a fancied resemblance to that plant ; the wearers generally terming ...
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... copy of the poem , from which the several alterations were made . Mr. Corney's public letter of complaint about the text of The Seasons , was written when he was unac- quainted with the letter from Murdoch to Millar , * wherein the ...
... copy of the poem , from which the several alterations were made . Mr. Corney's public letter of complaint about the text of The Seasons , was written when he was unac- quainted with the letter from Murdoch to Millar , * wherein the ...
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