Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 141
... DEAR SIR , To Dr. Birch . [ Birch MSS . 4318. art . 46. ] Sept. 1st , 1738 . I had done my self ye Honour of calling on you to day , but am very much in a Hurrey- I take this oppurtunity of letting you know yt I am struck out ( XV.
... DEAR SIR , To Dr. Birch . [ Birch MSS . 4318. art . 46. ] Sept. 1st , 1738 . I had done my self ye Honour of calling on you to day , but am very much in a Hurrey- I take this oppurtunity of letting you know yt I am struck out ( XV.
Page xxix
... follows : - " To Madam Tabitha Thaw . " Dear dissolving Dame , " FATHER FROST and SISTER SNOw have bonyed my borders , formd an idol of ice on my bosom , and all the LADS OF LONDON come to make merry : now , as you xxix.
... follows : - " To Madam Tabitha Thaw . " Dear dissolving Dame , " FATHER FROST and SISTER SNOw have bonyed my borders , formd an idol of ice on my bosom , and all the LADS OF LONDON come to make merry : now , as you xxix.
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... dear , are carry'd on men's backs , And some on sledges these are drawn in sacks ; Men do on horse - back ride from shore to shore , Which formerly in boats were wafted o're : Poor people hard shifts make for livelihoods , And happy are ...
... dear , are carry'd on men's backs , And some on sledges these are drawn in sacks ; Men do on horse - back ride from shore to shore , Which formerly in boats were wafted o're : Poor people hard shifts make for livelihoods , And happy are ...
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