Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... thousands dayly do resort , There to behold the pastime and the sport , Early and late , used by young and old , Who valu'd not the fierceness of the cold ; And did not think of ... Thousands and thousands to the river flocks , Where mighty.
... thousands dayly do resort , There to behold the pastime and the sport , Early and late , used by young and old , Who valu'd not the fierceness of the cold ; And did not think of ... Thousands and thousands to the river flocks , Where mighty.
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Percy Society. Thousands and thousands to the river flocks , Where mighty flakes of ice do lye like rocks . There may you see the coaches swiftly run , As if beneath the ice were waters none ; And sholes of people every where there be ...
Percy Society. Thousands and thousands to the river flocks , Where mighty flakes of ice do lye like rocks . There may you see the coaches swiftly run , As if beneath the ice were waters none ; And sholes of people every where there be ...
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... thousands saw , For ' twas not many dayes before the thaw ; The like by no man in this present age , Was ever seen upon this icy stage . And this hard frost it did so long indure , It pinch'd , and almost famish'd many poor . But one ...
... thousands saw , For ' twas not many dayes before the thaw ; The like by no man in this present age , Was ever seen upon this icy stage . And this hard frost it did so long indure , It pinch'd , and almost famish'd many poor . But one ...
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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