Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... drink so oft as he was dry , turned his eye towards the cupboard , and said , ' I find great misse of your grace's standing cups . ' The duke , thinking he had spoken it of some knowledge that his plate was lately sold , said , somewhat ...
... drink so oft as he was dry , turned his eye towards the cupboard , and said , ' I find great misse of your grace's standing cups . ' The duke , thinking he had spoken it of some knowledge that his plate was lately sold , said , somewhat ...
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... drink nettles in March , And eat mugwort in May , Old farmers in Devonshire call the three first days of March “ blind days " ; and they were anciently considered so unlucky that no husbandman would sow any seed on any of the three ...
... drink nettles in March , And eat mugwort in May , Old farmers in Devonshire call the three first days of March “ blind days " ; and they were anciently considered so unlucky that no husbandman would sow any seed on any of the three ...
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... drink the wine and make merry ; Into the same inn he went full prest , Whereas the earle his brother lay . Humphrey full soon into the west Looks over a long lee ; He was aware of the Lord Strange and seven in green , Come rideing into ...
... drink the wine and make merry ; Into the same inn he went full prest , Whereas the earle his brother lay . Humphrey full soon into the west Looks over a long lee ; He was aware of the Lord Strange and seven in green , Come rideing into ...
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