Merrie England in the Olden Time, المجلد 1R. Bentley, 1842 |
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الصفحة 51
... Horns at Highgate . It was equally clear , too , that Mr. Bosky himself might have sat for the portrait that he had so kindly appropri- ated to Uncle Timothy . V A fine manly voice without was heard to troll with D 2 IN THE OLDEN TIME ...
... Horns at Highgate . It was equally clear , too , that Mr. Bosky himself might have sat for the portrait that he had so kindly appropri- ated to Uncle Timothy . V A fine manly voice without was heard to troll with D 2 IN THE OLDEN TIME ...
الصفحة 53
... sirrah ! sworn under the Horns never to beg when they can steal . Better lose my purse than my patience . Thou , scapegrace ! rob- 1 A precept of the Koran . best me of my patience , and beggest nought but IN THE OLDEN TIME . 53.
... sirrah ! sworn under the Horns never to beg when they can steal . Better lose my purse than my patience . Thou , scapegrace ! rob- 1 A precept of the Koran . best me of my patience , and beggest nought but IN THE OLDEN TIME . 53.
الصفحة 58
... wilt rake from a sly corner of that old curiosity shop , thy brain , some pageant of the ancient brethren of Bull - Feathers - Hall . What place more fitting for such pleasant chronicle , than the Horns at Highgate 58 MERRIE ENGLAND.
... wilt rake from a sly corner of that old curiosity shop , thy brain , some pageant of the ancient brethren of Bull - Feathers - Hall . What place more fitting for such pleasant chronicle , than the Horns at Highgate 58 MERRIE ENGLAND.
الصفحة 59
George Daniel. for such pleasant chronicle , than the Horns at Highgate ? " This proposal being assented to by the middle- aged gentleman , Mr. Bosky " rosined , " ( swal- lowed a bumper ) and sounded a musical flourish as a preludio ...
George Daniel. for such pleasant chronicle , than the Horns at Highgate ? " This proposal being assented to by the middle- aged gentleman , Mr. Bosky " rosined , " ( swal- lowed a bumper ) and sounded a musical flourish as a preludio ...
الصفحة 63
... HORNS AT HIGHGATE . " The ancient brethren of Bull - Feathers - Hall were a club of warm citizens ; rich fellows enough ! fellows that have had losses , with every- thing handsome about them . " Their place of rendezvous was the Chequer ...
... HORNS AT HIGHGATE . " The ancient brethren of Bull - Feathers - Hall were a club of warm citizens ; rich fellows enough ! fellows that have had losses , with every- thing handsome about them . " Their place of rendezvous was the Chequer ...
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ancient ballad Bartholomew Fair Bartlemy beautiful Ben Jonson Benjamin Bosky blue booth Booth-The Bosky's bowl bright called Church Clerkenwell comical cried dancing delight devil drink Drysalter entertainment exhibited eyes Falstaff Flumgarten foole Frost Fair Fubsys Gardens gentle glass green hand harp hath heart honour horns horse humour Islington Jack John John Tomkins Jollyboy King Lady laughing Laureat of Little lean Little Britain lively London look Lord Maior master Merrie England Merry Andrews middle-aged gentleman mirth Momus monkey morning mountebank mouth Muff nose Old Queen's Head olden play pleasant poor Printed punch quoth River Thames roasted round Sadler's satirical-nosed gentleman says scene shillings side sigh sing Smithfield song sound Southwark Street sweet Tabard Tavern tea-kettle Thames thee thou Timothy's town tricks Uncle Timothy voice walk wine wonderful
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الصفحة 52 - ... the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh ! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge ; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. The lark, that tirra-lyra chants, With heigh ! with heigh ! the thrush and the jay, Are summer songs for me and my aunts, While we lie tumbling in the hay.
الصفحة 250 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
الصفحة 4 - While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
الصفحة 151 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage; the Knights of the Order with their Georges and Garters, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like— sufficient in truth within a while to make greatness very familiar if not ridiculous.
الصفحة 21 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
الصفحة 73 - And when life's sweet fable ends, Soul and body part like friends ; No quarrels, murmurs, no delay ; A kiss, a sigh, and so away ; — This rare one, reader, wouldst thou see!
الصفحة 272 - He the half of life abuses That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted; Ply it, and you all are mounted.
الصفحة 9 - The several characters that seem in more ancient times to have composed the May game and morris were the following : Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian the queen or lady of the May, the fool, the piper, and several morris dancers, habited, as it appears, in various modes. Afterwards a hobby horse and a dragon were added.
الصفحة 242 - How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly, in return, Esteems that busy world an idler too ! Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry...