Merrie England in the Olden Time, المجلد 1R. Bentley, 1842 |
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... lively sculptures " of once popular drolls and wizards that shook the sides and " asto- nished the nerves " of our jovial - hearted and won- dering ancestors . To supply the antiquarian portion of Merrie England , a library and a ...
... lively sculptures " of once popular drolls and wizards that shook the sides and " asto- nished the nerves " of our jovial - hearted and won- dering ancestors . To supply the antiquarian portion of Merrie England , a library and a ...
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... lively green , The May - pole rear'd its flow'ry head , and dancing round were seen A youthful band , join'd hand in hand , with shoon and kirtle trim , And softly rose the melody of Flora's morning hymn . Her garlands , too , of varied ...
... lively green , The May - pole rear'd its flow'ry head , and dancing round were seen A youthful band , join'd hand in hand , with shoon and kirtle trim , And softly rose the melody of Flora's morning hymn . Her garlands , too , of varied ...
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... lively imagination to form an adequate idea thereof . As the Fairs are coming on , I presume these admirable artists will be en- gaged to entertain the town ; and I assure your readers they can't spend an hour more agreeably than in ...
... lively imagination to form an adequate idea thereof . As the Fairs are coming on , I presume these admirable artists will be en- gaged to entertain the town ; and I assure your readers they can't spend an hour more agreeably than in ...
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... lively , well- to - do - in - the - world - looking little gentleman , who lolled in an arm - chair opposite to an adjoining window , taking things in an easy pick - tooth way , and coquetting with a pint of old port . " The picture ...
... lively , well- to - do - in - the - world - looking little gentleman , who lolled in an arm - chair opposite to an adjoining window , taking things in an easy pick - tooth way , and coquetting with a pint of old port . " The picture ...
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... lively turn . Mr. Bosky fired off his jokes right and left ; and if there be truth in physiognomy , the animated countenance of Uncle Timothy beamed with com- placency and joy . He was in full song , and show- ered forth his wit and ...
... lively turn . Mr. Bosky fired off his jokes right and left ; and if there be truth in physiognomy , the animated countenance of Uncle Timothy beamed with com- placency and joy . He was in full song , and show- ered forth his wit and ...
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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...