Merrie England in the Olden Time, المجلد 1R. Bentley, 1842 |
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... present volumes . It has received numerous and import- ant corrections and additions ; the story has been illustrated by those eminent artists Messrs . Leech and Robert Cruikshank ; and fac - similes , faith- fully executed by that ...
... present volumes . It has received numerous and import- ant corrections and additions ; the story has been illustrated by those eminent artists Messrs . Leech and Robert Cruikshank ; and fac - similes , faith- fully executed by that ...
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... present day the peasants of Holstein , and some other countries , call the mistletoe the " Spectre's Wand , " from a supposition that holding a branch of mistletoe in the hand will not only enable a man to see ghosts , but to force them ...
... present day the peasants of Holstein , and some other countries , call the mistletoe the " Spectre's Wand , " from a supposition that holding a branch of mistletoe in the hand will not only enable a man to see ghosts , but to force them ...
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... present . A brisk walk of ten minutes brought him into the fields from almost any part of the town ; and after luxuriating three or four miles amidst clover , sor- rel , buttercups , aye , and corn to boot ! the fresh breeze of morn ...
... present . A brisk walk of ten minutes brought him into the fields from almost any part of the town ; and after luxuriating three or four miles amidst clover , sor- rel , buttercups , aye , and corn to boot ! the fresh breeze of morn ...
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... present Monday , being the 12th July 1731 , will be seen the Royal Sport of Cock - fighting , for two guineas a - battle . To - morrow begins the match for four gui- neas a - battle , and twenty guineas the old battle , and continues ...
... present Monday , being the 12th July 1731 , will be seen the Royal Sport of Cock - fighting , for two guineas a - battle . To - morrow begins the match for four gui- neas a - battle , and twenty guineas the old battle , and continues ...
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... present evening will be acted a Tragedy , called the Fair Penitent . Sciolto , Mr. Malone . - Horatio , Mr. Johnson . Altamont , Mr. Jones . - Lothario , Mr. Dunn . Rosano , Mr. Harris . - Calista , Mrs. Harman . Lavinia , Mrs. Malone ...
... present evening will be acted a Tragedy , called the Fair Penitent . Sciolto , Mr. Malone . - Horatio , Mr. Johnson . Altamont , Mr. Jones . - Lothario , Mr. Dunn . Rosano , Mr. Harris . - Calista , Mrs. Harman . Lavinia , Mrs. Malone ...
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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...