Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... poor man's friend And helpt the widow often in the end , The king would even grant what he would crave , For well he knew Will no exacting knave , But whisht the king to doe good deeds great store , Which caus'd the court to love him ...
... poor man's friend And helpt the widow often in the end , The king would even grant what he would crave , For well he knew Will no exacting knave , But whisht the king to doe good deeds great store , Which caus'd the court to love him ...
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... poor , and they will grow rich ; set them rich , and they will grow poor . One hour's sleep before midnight , is worth two after . In rain and sunshine , cuckolds go to heaven . Winter thunder , bodes summer hunger . * As seasonable as ...
... poor , and they will grow rich ; set them rich , and they will grow poor . One hour's sleep before midnight , is worth two after . In rain and sunshine , cuckolds go to heaven . Winter thunder , bodes summer hunger . * As seasonable as ...
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... Poor Robin's Almanack for 1697 , the prognostic is thus recorded : - " In this month is St. Swithin's day ; On which , if that it rain , they say , Full xl days after it will , Or more or less some rain distill . This Swithin was a ...
... Poor Robin's Almanack for 1697 , the prognostic is thus recorded : - " In this month is St. Swithin's day ; On which , if that it rain , they say , Full xl days after it will , Or more or less some rain distill . This Swithin was a ...
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