Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. later number of his Collectanea , notices that rings and other objects appear to have been ... appears to have been suggested by the anecdote told by Sir Thomas More in his Life of Richard the Third , of Hastings ' answer ...
Percy Society. later number of his Collectanea , notices that rings and other objects appear to have been ... appears to have been suggested by the anecdote told by Sir Thomas More in his Life of Richard the Third , of Hastings ' answer ...
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... appear like rocks and towers , The earth's refreshed with frequent showers . * Mess , i . e . mass . Vide Audelay's Poems , p . 28 , line 10 . † In Sir Thomas Overbury's Character of a faire and happy Milkmaid , is the following passage ...
... appear like rocks and towers , The earth's refreshed with frequent showers . * Mess , i . e . mass . Vide Audelay's Poems , p . 28 , line 10 . † In Sir Thomas Overbury's Character of a faire and happy Milkmaid , is the following passage ...
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... appear on Christmas - eve . ‡ Busy as an oven at Christmas . * In allusion to the Christmas log . It is spoken of one in extreme poverty . 66 † i . e . a Christmas feast may be paid again at Easter ; " or , " One good turn deserves ...
... appear on Christmas - eve . ‡ Busy as an oven at Christmas . * In allusion to the Christmas log . It is spoken of one in extreme poverty . 66 † i . e . a Christmas feast may be paid again at Easter ; " or , " One good turn deserves ...
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