Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... shew thy fame or els thy shame ; ( A pratling tongue doth often purchase blame . ) Obtaine a faithfull frend that will not faile thee , Think on thy mother's paine in her child - bearing ; Make no debate , least quickly thou bewaile ...
... shew thy fame or els thy shame ; ( A pratling tongue doth often purchase blame . ) Obtaine a faithfull frend that will not faile thee , Think on thy mother's paine in her child - bearing ; Make no debate , least quickly thou bewaile ...
Page vi
... shew how little real wit went to the making of jests in those days , and how excessively dull their merry stories were . The duke , it appears , had sold his plate to pay his debts , and Heywood , who was sitting at the table's end ...
... shew how little real wit went to the making of jests in those days , and how excessively dull their merry stories were . The duke , it appears , had sold his plate to pay his debts , and Heywood , who was sitting at the table's end ...
Page lxxvii
... shew how the discussion com- menced . The whole is in the handwriting of the author , who adopted a peculiar mode of spelling , often more uncouth than that of the age in which he lived . " At the end , by way of attestation of ...
... shew how the discussion com- menced . The whole is in the handwriting of the author , who adopted a peculiar mode of spelling , often more uncouth than that of the age in which he lived . " At the end , by way of attestation of ...
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