Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... took pleasure in annoying its quieter inhabitants . A ROARING BOYES DESCRIPTION . AMONGST the monsters of this present age , That in the world like fiends incarnate rage , Acting such villanies and horrid crimes ( Unknowne to men in our ...
... took pleasure in annoying its quieter inhabitants . A ROARING BOYES DESCRIPTION . AMONGST the monsters of this present age , That in the world like fiends incarnate rage , Acting such villanies and horrid crimes ( Unknowne to men in our ...
Page xxiv
... river , opposite St. Paul's . " Printed on the Thames , 1739-40 . " Severe frosts occurred in the years 1768 and 1785 , and the Thames was partially frozen , but it does not appear that any particular festivities took place . xxiv.
... river , opposite St. Paul's . " Printed on the Thames , 1739-40 . " Severe frosts occurred in the years 1768 and 1785 , and the Thames was partially frozen , but it does not appear that any particular festivities took place . xxiv.
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Percy Society. does not appear that any particular festivities took place . The year 1789 , however , again af- forded the public an opportunity of beguiling its severity by a renewal of their favourite sports upon the frozen river . The ...
Percy Society. does not appear that any particular festivities took place . The year 1789 , however , again af- forded the public an opportunity of beguiling its severity by a renewal of their favourite sports upon the frozen river . The ...
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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