Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... Ballads and Romances of the MS . it be enough that they are put in type . Let 1 Cp . Punch : " But that indelicate ! There ! you might have knocked me down with a feather ! " SECOND NOTICE . SOME of these songs the Editors would iv NOTICE .
... Ballads and Romances of the MS . it be enough that they are put in type . Let 1 Cp . Punch : " But that indelicate ! There ! you might have knocked me down with a feather ! " SECOND NOTICE . SOME of these songs the Editors would iv NOTICE .
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... Ballads and Romances ; but no age , no man , has been without drawbacks , without sensual feelings or the expression of them . They are natural : improper delight in them alone is wrong . And from the expressions of this improper ...
... Ballads and Romances ; but no age , no man , has been without drawbacks , without sensual feelings or the expression of them . They are natural : improper delight in them alone is wrong . And from the expressions of this improper ...
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... Ballads and Romances before they were turned into this volume , the rest of the pieces were side - noted for uniformity's sake . The italics in the text are extensions of the contractions of the Manuscript . August , 1867 . CONTENTS ...
... Ballads and Romances before they were turned into this volume , the rest of the pieces were side - noted for uniformity's sake . The italics in the text are extensions of the contractions of the Manuscript . August , 1867 . CONTENTS ...
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... Ballads , I. 454 , with the title " A well - wishing to a place of pleasure . To an excellent new tune , " and with six more lines in each stanza . We quote it here for contrast sake . A WELL - WISHING TO A PLACE OF PLEASURE . See the ...
... Ballads , I. 454 , with the title " A well - wishing to a place of pleasure . To an excellent new tune , " and with six more lines in each stanza . We quote it here for contrast sake . A WELL - WISHING TO A PLACE OF PLEASURE . See the ...
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... ballad - publisher immortalized by Ben Jonson in his " Every Man in his Humour . " ( " Well , if he read this with patience , I'll go and troll ballads for Master John Trundle yonder , the rest of my mortality . " ) The printed copy is ...
... ballad - publisher immortalized by Ben Jonson in his " Every Man in his Humour . " ( " Well , if he read this with patience , I'll go and troll ballads for Master John Trundle yonder , the rest of my mortality . " ) The printed copy is ...
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BALLADS and ROMANCES belly BOKES Cambridge cannott Cock Lorell codlings Colchester Castle cold copy Cupid dad ont dance delight devill doth Dulcina edited euery F. J. Furnivall father ffinis ffins ffor ffrom ffull FITZEDWARD HALL FLORIS AND BLANCHEFLOUR Folio frere.-P friar fryar fryer furmitree gaue ging &c giue Grandam boy hart hath haue heere hey &c heyda heye HUMOROUS SONGS Iacke Jack Jonson's kisse leaue lett Lillumwham &c litle liue LOOSE and HUMOROUS loue louers maid Masques mayd meate melio shance merry neuer night Officiall Panche Percy Folio Percy's Phillips.-F PIERS PLOWMAN pipe pleasure Poems printed quoth shee sate sayd shee cryes shee wold shold stanza sweet take heede &c tell thee thou Tom Longe tune vnder vnto vpon W. W. Skeat wench Wheatley wiffe woman yett
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