Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... kind husband would not see her lack : But willingly a nights would make her drunke , Because indeed he kept a servant puncke , Who , when the mistres had it in the hed , Would come and creepe into her maisters bed . This held out long ...
... kind husband would not see her lack : But willingly a nights would make her drunke , Because indeed he kept a servant puncke , Who , when the mistres had it in the hed , Would come and creepe into her maisters bed . This held out long ...
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... kind of edging ever since . P. 48 , 1. 30 , - " Great cabbage - shooe strings . " ] Shoe strings were frequently formed of materials as expensive as garters . Taylor , the water - poet speaks of those who " Weare a fame in shoe ...
... kind of edging ever since . P. 48 , 1. 30 , - " Great cabbage - shooe strings . " ] Shoe strings were frequently formed of materials as expensive as garters . Taylor , the water - poet speaks of those who " Weare a fame in shoe ...
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... Kind master , drink you beer , or ale , or brandy ? Walk in , kind sir , this booth it is the chief , We'l entertain you with a slice of beef , And what you please to eat or drink , ' tis here , No booth , like mine , affords such ...
... Kind master , drink you beer , or ale , or brandy ? Walk in , kind sir , this booth it is the chief , We'l entertain you with a slice of beef , And what you please to eat or drink , ' tis here , No booth , like mine , affords such ...
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ALEXANDER DYCE Bankes BAY HORSE booth bull-baiting coaches Congreve cunning devill divell dost doth downe drinke Duchess of Marlborough F.S.A. THOMAS fashion feare fellow foole Frost Fair frozen gentleman George Berkeley grace gull haberdasher hand Harts hast hath heare heart heere hell honest horse husband I'le Iohn kind landlord live London London Bridge Lord Maister Hob Mandilions Marocco merry mony ne're neighbours never Percy Society PETER CUNNINGHAM poem poet poore pray printed purse Queene quoth Maister Hobson River Thames roasted Rowlands sayd sayes scurvy servant shew shillings shore sweare taverne tearme thaw thee theeves there's thing thinke Thomson tobacco tract trade tricks twas unto villaine ware weare wench whome whore wife WILLIAM WILLIAM CHAPPELL William Congreve WILLIAM SANDYS wine withall wonder