Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of EnglandJ. Russell Smith, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... ballad on Tom of Islington , though the latter buried his troublesome wife on Sunday : " How one saw a lady on the Saturday , married her on the Sunday , she was brought to bed on the Monday , the child christned on the Tuesday , it ...
... ballad on Tom of Islington , though the latter buried his troublesome wife on Sunday : " How one saw a lady on the Saturday , married her on the Sunday , she was brought to bed on the Monday , the child christned on the Tuesday , it ...
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... ballad , written about the year 1720 , in the possession of Mr. Crofton Croker , establishes the antiquity of the rhymes of " Jack - a - Dandy , ” “ Boys and girls come out to play , " " Tom Tidler's on the Friar's ground , " " London ...
... ballad , written about the year 1720 , in the possession of Mr. Crofton Croker , establishes the antiquity of the rhymes of " Jack - a - Dandy , ” “ Boys and girls come out to play , " " Tom Tidler's on the Friar's ground , " " London ...
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... ballad is a very important illustration of the history of these puerile rhymes , for it establishes the Namby Pamby is said to have been a nickname for Ambrose Phillips . Another ballad , written about the same time as the above ...
... ballad is a very important illustration of the history of these puerile rhymes , for it establishes the Namby Pamby is said to have been a nickname for Ambrose Phillips . Another ballad , written about the same time as the above ...
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... ballads do to the poem ; and ascertain whether the wild interest which , in the primitive tales erewhile taught by nurse , first awakened our imagination , can be so reflected as to render their resuscitation agreeable . We rely a good ...
... ballads do to the poem ; and ascertain whether the wild interest which , in the primitive tales erewhile taught by nurse , first awakened our imagination , can be so reflected as to render their resuscitation agreeable . We rely a good ...
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... ballad of the time . This position would , however , compel us to adopt the belief that the words of the giant are also taken from the ballad ; a supposi- tion to which I am most unwilling to assent . In fact , I believe that Edgar ...
... ballad of the time . This position would , however , compel us to adopt the belief that the words of the giant are also taken from the ballad ; a supposi- tion to which I am most unwilling to assent . In fact , I believe that Edgar ...
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