Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... wish to blot . " not the exaggerated praise he has bestowed upon Pope , " For though not sweeter his own Homer sings , Yet is his life the more endearing song . " If he had frailties and failings , he had many noble qualities ...
... wish to blot . " not the exaggerated praise he has bestowed upon Pope , " For though not sweeter his own Homer sings , Yet is his life the more endearing song . " If he had frailties and failings , he had many noble qualities ...
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... wish as I wish . Bankes . What's thy wish , Marocco ? Horse . That at the quarter daie , the parish would of their owne devotion to the common wealth , bestow a banket upon them of ale and cakes in the cage , and a hundred or two of ...
... wish as I wish . Bankes . What's thy wish , Marocco ? Horse . That at the quarter daie , the parish would of their owne devotion to the common wealth , bestow a banket upon them of ale and cakes in the cage , and a hundred or two of ...
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... wish ; Pikes , flounders , together with gudgeons and roaches , Had served for the luxury of these debauches . But , alas ! to distrust ye this frost is now sent , As if it would shew ye your consciences harden'd ; And if each mother's ...
... wish ; Pikes , flounders , together with gudgeons and roaches , Had served for the luxury of these debauches . But , alas ! to distrust ye this frost is now sent , As if it would shew ye your consciences harden'd ; And if each mother's ...
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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