Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... againe , Thou slave , the butcher said , Or I will see your devills heart , Before he can be laid : He gets not back againe to hell , Ere I my mony have , And I will have some intrest too , Besides mine 16 THE KNAVE OF CLUBBS .
... againe , Thou slave , the butcher said , Or I will see your devills heart , Before he can be laid : He gets not back againe to hell , Ere I my mony have , And I will have some intrest too , Besides mine 16 THE KNAVE OF CLUBBS .
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... againe , In vintners debt and fidlers they remaine . Some sweare , some swagger , others laugh thereat , Wishing the reckning would make thin - gut fat . A pox upon this poet , one did curse , He hath not left a penny in my purse : Five ...
... againe , In vintners debt and fidlers they remaine . Some sweare , some swagger , others laugh thereat , Wishing the reckning would make thin - gut fat . A pox upon this poet , one did curse , He hath not left a penny in my purse : Five ...
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... againe , To serve the morning's draught . His wife next day doth take the same , According to her use ; And filling out the wine therein , Perceiving the abuse , Smiles to her selfe , then drinkes it off , And fils it out againe , And ...
... againe , To serve the morning's draught . His wife next day doth take the same , According to her use ; And filling out the wine therein , Perceiving the abuse , Smiles to her selfe , then drinkes it off , And fils it out againe , And ...
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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