Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. Your povertie of spirit ( for it does Deserve noe better name ) I must put of Obsequiousnesse , and silence , and take to mee The warrant , and authoritie of your Queene , And as such gieve you counsaile . Prusias . You ...
Percy Society. Your povertie of spirit ( for it does Deserve noe better name ) I must put of Obsequiousnesse , and silence , and take to mee The warrant , and authoritie of your Queene , And as such gieve you counsaile . Prusias . You ...
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... better such a quantity of mercery , if he had it , and if he could keep it well : but I cannot obtain any good from it , I never could obtain any property with it , and never from any thing that I carried did I gain enough to eat ...
... better such a quantity of mercery , if he had it , and if he could keep it well : but I cannot obtain any good from it , I never could obtain any property with it , and never from any thing that I carried did I gain enough to eat ...
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... joins himself to the foolish woman , and this beauty gets the better of his reason . Now let us say no more about women , and let us make an end of this ditty . VI . AGAINST THE PRIDE OF THE LADIES . THE POEMS ON COSTUME . 39.
... joins himself to the foolish woman , and this beauty gets the better of his reason . Now let us say no more about women , and let us make an end of this ditty . VI . AGAINST THE PRIDE OF THE LADIES . THE POEMS ON COSTUME . 39.
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SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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