Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. They are , indeed , not such compositions as a literary impostor would think it worth his while to produce . The manuscripts contain little that has not met the eye before , in some shape or other , as will be seen by ...
Percy Society. They are , indeed , not such compositions as a literary impostor would think it worth his while to produce . The manuscripts contain little that has not met the eye before , in some shape or other , as will be seen by ...
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... society , been compelled to reject many , which however curious in the eyes of an antiquary , would have been considered , and justly so , highly objectionable , had they appeared in print under the auspices of the Percy Society . In ...
... society , been compelled to reject many , which however curious in the eyes of an antiquary , would have been considered , and justly so , highly objectionable , had they appeared in print under the auspices of the Percy Society . In ...
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Percy Society. VIII . The Laird o ' Drum . THE laird o ' Drum , ' s a wooin ' gane , A ' in a mornin ' airly , And he did spy a weel - faured may Was shearin ' at her barley . O will ye fancy me , bonnie lassie , And lat your shearin ...
Percy Society. VIII . The Laird o ' Drum . THE laird o ' Drum , ' s a wooin ' gane , A ' in a mornin ' airly , And he did spy a weel - faured may Was shearin ' at her barley . O will ye fancy me , bonnie lassie , And lat your shearin ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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