Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 29Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 60
... John Vang's house . It is a little house entirely alone , en- compassed with about forty or fifty houses , having a brick wall , made of flint - stone , round about it . So knocking at the door , Gammer Vangs , ' said I , ' is Sir John ...
... John Vang's house . It is a little house entirely alone , en- compassed with about forty or fifty houses , having a brick wall , made of flint - stone , round about it . So knocking at the door , Gammer Vangs , ' said I , ' is Sir John ...
Page 90
... John Keed , in the Swan - closs , 1744 . In verse , with a cut of the miller on the gallows . It concludes with " the last dying words and confession of John Mauge , a miller , who was executed at Reading , in Berkshire , on Saturday ...
... John Keed , in the Swan - closs , 1744 . In verse , with a cut of the miller on the gallows . It concludes with " the last dying words and confession of John Mauge , a miller , who was executed at Reading , in Berkshire , on Saturday ...
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... John Hippesly immediately went up to him and whispered the tidings in his ear : the king is reported to have heard it without visible emotion , but when the service was ended , he hastily went to his chamber and bewailed his death ...
... John Hippesly immediately went up to him and whispered the tidings in his ear : the king is reported to have heard it without visible emotion , but when the service was ended , he hastily went to his chamber and bewailed his death ...
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Loyalty turnd up Trump or the Danger over | 1 |
Advice to Virgins 7 | 7 |
The Mothers Advice 13 | 13 |
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