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We have not written Introductions to every one of these pieces , as to the Ballads and Romances of the MS . Let it be enough that they are put in type . 1 Cp . Punch : “ But that indelicate ! There ! you might have knocked me down with ...
We have not written Introductions to every one of these pieces , as to the Ballads and Romances of the MS . Let it be enough that they are put in type . 1 Cp . Punch : “ But that indelicate ! There ! you might have knocked me down with ...
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Of the general character of Early English Literature enough has been said in the Introduction to Conscience , in vol . ii . of the Ballads and Romances ; but no age , no man , has been without drawbacks , without sensual feelings or the ...
Of the general character of Early English Literature enough has been said in the Introduction to Conscience , in vol . ii . of the Ballads and Romances ; but no age , no man , has been without drawbacks , without sensual feelings or the ...
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We had not at first intended to have side - notes added to this volume , but See the bwildinge , the Fryar and Boye , and some other poems , having been set with side - notes for the Ballads and Romances before they were turned into ...
We had not at first intended to have side - notes added to this volume , but See the bwildinge , the Fryar and Boye , and some other poems , having been set with side - notes for the Ballads and Romances before they were turned into ...
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This song is to be found in the Roxburghe Collection of Black - letter 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 .
This song is to be found in the Roxburghe Collection of Black - letter 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 .
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PERHAPS the following may have been suggested by the ballad of “ The Two Leicestershire Lovers ; to the tune of And yet methinks I love thee , ” a copy of which is in the Roxburghe Collection , I. 412. The subject of each is two lovers ...
PERHAPS the following may have been suggested by the ballad of “ The Two Leicestershire Lovers ; to the tune of And yet methinks I love thee , ” a copy of which is in the Roxburghe Collection , I. 412. The subject of each is two lovers ...
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| Title | Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4 Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Frederick James Furnivall |
| Author | Thomas Percy |
| Editors | Frederick James Furnivall, John Wesley Hales |
| Contributor | British Library |
| Publisher | N. Trübner, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 127 pages |
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