Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... stand , What extreame danger eminent at hand . But ( saith he ) if thou wilt afforde consent , My policy their purpose shall prevent . I'le frame a bill that I am in thy debt , And to the same an ante - date will set ; Thou shalt arrest ...
... stand , What extreame danger eminent at hand . But ( saith he ) if thou wilt afforde consent , My policy their purpose shall prevent . I'le frame a bill that I am in thy debt , And to the same an ante - date will set ; Thou shalt arrest ...
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... stand ; ' Tis ten to one you tumble in a trice , For you are apt to fall where there's no ice , Oft on your back , but seldome on your face , How can you stand then on such a slippery place ? Yet you will venture briskly to a booth , To ...
... stand ; ' Tis ten to one you tumble in a trice , For you are apt to fall where there's no ice , Oft on your back , but seldome on your face , How can you stand then on such a slippery place ? Yet you will venture briskly to a booth , To ...
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... stand With a tapster's hand , With a spigot in hand for an oar , Crying out , our trade is cold , Here's four gallons in hold , I have drawn out but half my store . Prithee lads , stand to't , And help pump it out , That the vessel once ...
... stand With a tapster's hand , With a spigot in hand for an oar , Crying out , our trade is cold , Here's four gallons in hold , I have drawn out but half my store . Prithee lads , stand to't , And help pump it out , That the vessel once ...
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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