Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... country , that we have been necessitated to omit much that is curious and interesting . In what we have retained , however , will be found every variety , " From gay to grave , from lively to severe , " from the moral poem and the ...
... country , that we have been necessitated to omit much that is curious and interesting . In what we have retained , however , will be found every variety , " From gay to grave , from lively to severe , " from the moral poem and the ...
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... country merry- makings . The editor was present in 1835 at an harvest - home feast at Selborne , in Hampshire , when he heard the dialogue recited by two country - men , who gave it with considerable humour , and dramatic effect . It is ...
... country merry- makings . The editor was present in 1835 at an harvest - home feast at Selborne , in Hampshire , when he heard the dialogue recited by two country - men , who gave it with considerable humour , and dramatic effect . It is ...
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... Country Wager . THIS Old West - country ballad was one of the broadsides printed at the Aldermary press . The editor has not met with any older impression , though he has been assured that there are black- letter copies . In Scott's ...
... Country Wager . THIS Old West - country ballad was one of the broadsides printed at the Aldermary press . The editor has not met with any older impression , though he has been assured that there are black- letter copies . In Scott's ...
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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