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... river - tilting is prose- cuted on the water ; a target is strongly fastened to a trunk or mast , fixed in the middle of the river , and a youngster standing upright in the stern of a boat , made to move as fast as the oars and current ...
... river - tilting is prose- cuted on the water ; a target is strongly fastened to a trunk or mast , fixed in the middle of the river , and a youngster standing upright in the stern of a boat , made to move as fast as the oars and current ...
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... river complaineth commonly of no want ; but the more it loseth at one time the more it yieldeth at another . Only in ... river might be spared but even one year from nets , etc. , but alas ! then should many a poor man be undone . In ...
... river complaineth commonly of no want ; but the more it loseth at one time the more it yieldeth at another . Only in ... river might be spared but even one year from nets , etc. , but alas ! then should many a poor man be undone . In ...
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... river , others down it ; all seeking the noise in the depth of silence . Amongst the rest it was the fortune of Eugenius , Crites , Lisideius , and Neander to be in company together ; three of them persons whom their wit and quality ...
... river , others down it ; all seeking the noise in the depth of silence . Amongst the rest it was the fortune of Eugenius , Crites , Lisideius , and Neander to be in company together ; three of them persons whom their wit and quality ...
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LAMB CHARLES The Londoner | 8 |
ELYOT SIR THOMAS Prince Hal and Judge Gascoigne | 30 |
BALLAD A In Praise of London Prentices Shrove Tuesday | 72 |
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