Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. EARLY ENGLISH ENGLISH POETRY , BALLADS , AND POPULAR LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES . EDITED FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND SCARCE PUBLICATIONS . VOL . XX . LONDON PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY , BY T RICHARDS ST MARTINS ...
Percy Society. EARLY ENGLISH ENGLISH POETRY , BALLADS , AND POPULAR LITERATURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES . EDITED FROM ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND SCARCE PUBLICATIONS . VOL . XX . LONDON PRINTED FOR THE PERCY SOCIETY , BY T RICHARDS ST MARTINS ...
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... English Poesie , 1599 , it was for the mirth and quickness of conceit , more than any good learning that was in him . " The same author relates an anecdote of his dining at the duke of Northumberland's table , which serves now ...
... English Poesie , 1599 , it was for the mirth and quickness of conceit , more than any good learning that was in him . " The same author relates an anecdote of his dining at the duke of Northumberland's table , which serves now ...
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Percy Society. PREFACE . OUR materials for the period of English history to which the following ballad relates are 80 remarkably scanty , that no source of information possessing the least claim to credit can be willingly passed over ...
Percy Society. PREFACE . OUR materials for the period of English history to which the following ballad relates are 80 remarkably scanty , that no source of information possessing the least claim to credit can be willingly passed over ...
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