Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... door neighbour , it may be said , and what is more his friend . 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 ...
... door neighbour , it may be said , and what is more his friend . 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 ...
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... door , as the one which had taken the most rest . This personage has been immortalised by Milton , and we constantly hear of him in the jest books of the seventeenth century . But it is necessary to warn the reader from falling into ...
... door , as the one which had taken the most rest . This personage has been immortalised by Milton , and we constantly hear of him in the jest books of the seventeenth century . But it is necessary to warn the reader from falling into ...
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... door , Which puts me in mind of Jack Presbyters trick , Who from pulpit descends the like way to old Nick . There's many more tricks , but too long to be told , Which are not all new , tho ' there's none of ' em old , There's the fellow ...
... door , Which puts me in mind of Jack Presbyters trick , Who from pulpit descends the like way to old Nick . There's many more tricks , but too long to be told , Which are not all new , tho ' there's none of ' em old , There's the fellow ...
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