Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... strange prodigious frost ; Th ' inraged bull perceiv'd his enemies , And how to guard himself could not devise , But with his horns did toss them too and fro , As if their angry meaning he did know ; Besides all this a thing more strange ...
... strange prodigious frost ; Th ' inraged bull perceiv'd his enemies , And how to guard himself could not devise , But with his horns did toss them too and fro , As if their angry meaning he did know ; Besides all this a thing more strange ...
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... strange ! more strange then Israel's wonder was , When dry - shod ore the Red Sea they did pass , ( The flouds well curb'd ) they did on sand advance ; These on the floods themselves both frisk and dance . With me , ye citizens ! lament ...
... strange ! more strange then Israel's wonder was , When dry - shod ore the Red Sea they did pass , ( The flouds well curb'd ) they did on sand advance ; These on the floods themselves both frisk and dance . With me , ye citizens ! lament ...
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... strange captivity , durst scarcely breathe . A trading mart the harden'd waves become , And marble - like the wat❜ry world intomb ; Whilst on its glass gilt face strange buildings stand , In spite of throbbing waves , as on the land ...
... strange captivity , durst scarcely breathe . A trading mart the harden'd waves become , And marble - like the wat❜ry world intomb ; Whilst on its glass gilt face strange buildings stand , In spite of throbbing waves , as on the land ...
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ALEXANDER DYCE Bankes BAY HORSE booth bull-baiting coaches Congreve cunning devill divell dost doth downe drinke Duchess of Marlborough F.S.A. THOMAS fashion feare fellow foole Frost Fair frozen gentleman George Berkeley grace gull haberdasher hand Harts hast hath heare heart heere hell honest horse husband I'le Iohn kind landlord live London London Bridge Lord Maister Hob Mandilions Marocco merry mony ne're neighbours never Percy Society PETER CUNNINGHAM poem poet poore pray printed purse Queene quoth Maister Hobson River Thames roasted Rowlands sayd sayes scurvy servant shew shillings shore sweare taverne tearme thaw thee theeves there's thing thinke Thomson tobacco tract trade tricks twas unto villaine ware weare wench whome whore wife WILLIAM WILLIAM CHAPPELL William Congreve WILLIAM SANDYS wine withall wonder