Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... Lord Mayors ' Pageants will be found notices of their appearance in this way until the reign of James II . * A modernized version is given in Evans's Old Ballads , ( vol . iii . p . 120 ) . world . " Who can say but that the very iv.
... Lord Mayors ' Pageants will be found notices of their appearance in this way until the reign of James II . * A modernized version is given in Evans's Old Ballads , ( vol . iii . p . 120 ) . world . " Who can say but that the very iv.
Page viii
... first four stanzas will be an ample specimen of this ballad : — " The Egles byrde hath spred his wings , And from far off hathe taken flyght ; In whiche meane waye by no levryngs , On bough or braunch this bird wold light , ' viii.
... first four stanzas will be an ample specimen of this ballad : — " The Egles byrde hath spred his wings , And from far off hathe taken flyght ; In whiche meane waye by no levryngs , On bough or braunch this bird wold light , ' viii.
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... ballad relates are 80 remarkably scanty , that no source of information possessing the least claim to credit can be willingly passed over . Were it otherwise , a poem un- doubtedly containing many supposititious par- ticulars , and ...
... ballad relates are 80 remarkably scanty , that no source of information possessing the least claim to credit can be willingly passed over . Were it otherwise , a poem un- doubtedly containing many supposititious par- ticulars , and ...
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