Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... door by four or five inches , which for rhyme's sake is called a " cock's stride ; " and so expresses the sensible increase of the day.— Gent . Mag . 1759 . * January 22 . The Germans have a proverb : - " Um Vinzenzen Sonnenschein ...
... door by four or five inches , which for rhyme's sake is called a " cock's stride ; " and so expresses the sensible increase of the day.— Gent . Mag . 1759 . * January 22 . The Germans have a proverb : - " Um Vinzenzen Sonnenschein ...
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... door , his face to the wall , That comers and goers shall not him see ; Bid him lodge in no common hall , But keep him unknowne right secretly . Commend me to my brother Sir William so dear , In the Holt Castle there dwelleth hee ...
... door , his face to the wall , That comers and goers shall not him see ; Bid him lodge in no common hall , But keep him unknowne right secretly . Commend me to my brother Sir William so dear , In the Holt Castle there dwelleth hee ...
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... door truely , That the western men might know where he did lye . Humphrey stood on a high tower then , He looked into the West Countrey ; Sir William Stanley and seven in green , He was aware of the Eagle drawne ; He drew himselfe so ...
... door truely , That the western men might know where he did lye . Humphrey stood on a high tower then , He looked into the West Countrey ; Sir William Stanley and seven in green , He was aware of the Eagle drawne ; He drew himselfe so ...
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