Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... means all occupations may prosper , without one retarding the other . He continues , - ' Now , on the tother syde , yf we had graunted The full of some one sewt , and no mo , And from all the rest the wether had forbyd , Yet who so ...
... means all occupations may prosper , without one retarding the other . He continues , - ' Now , on the tother syde , yf we had graunted The full of some one sewt , and no mo , And from all the rest the wether had forbyd , Yet who so ...
Page 62
... cabbage ; and the proverb means much the same thing as " Spare no expense , bring another bottle of small beer ! " ยง A trite observation , general through the whole of Westmor- land and Cumberland . As bare as the birch at Yule even . * 62.
... cabbage ; and the proverb means much the same thing as " Spare no expense , bring another bottle of small beer ! " ยง A trite observation , general through the whole of Westmor- land and Cumberland . As bare as the birch at Yule even . * 62.
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... Countesse clear , young Bessy , In all hast with mean and might Thou must come speak with the Earle of Darby . Humphrey cast upon him a gowne , And a pair of slippers upon his feet ; Alas ! said Humphrey , I may not ride , 16 THE SONG OF.
... Countesse clear , young Bessy , In all hast with mean and might Thou must come speak with the Earle of Darby . Humphrey cast upon him a gowne , And a pair of slippers upon his feet ; Alas ! said Humphrey , I may not ride , 16 THE SONG OF.
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