Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 134
... lass , Venus - like , born of the froth Of an old half - filled jug of barley broth ; Tho ' she's my mistris , her suitors are many , But shee'll have Square - cap , if e'er she have any . And first , for the plush - sake , the Monmouth ...
... lass , Venus - like , born of the froth Of an old half - filled jug of barley broth ; Tho ' she's my mistris , her suitors are many , But shee'll have Square - cap , if e'er she have any . And first , for the plush - sake , the Monmouth ...
Page 142
... lass , and lovely Frow too , The Spanish Donna , French Madam , He will not fear to go to ; Nothing so full of hazard dread , Nought lives above the centre , No fashion , health , no wine , nor wench , On which he dare not venture ...
... lass , and lovely Frow too , The Spanish Donna , French Madam , He will not fear to go to ; Nothing so full of hazard dread , Nought lives above the centre , No fashion , health , no wine , nor wench , On which he dare not venture ...
Page 199
... lass both brisk and fair , Sparkling eye , and coal - black hair ; Fine lac'd shoes , and top - knots rare , Yet no man comes to woo me . " In D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy , is a song called Deil tak the Wars , in which a girl ...
... lass both brisk and fair , Sparkling eye , and coal - black hair ; Fine lac'd shoes , and top - knots rare , Yet no man comes to woo me . " In D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy , is a song called Deil tak the Wars , in which a girl ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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