Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... Court liked Jonson's jokes , coarse to us , therefore they could not appreciate his fancy and the higher qualities of his mind . Manners refine slowly , and speech as 1 " On referring , after an interval of many years , to these old ...
... Court liked Jonson's jokes , coarse to us , therefore they could not appreciate his fancy and the higher qualities of his mind . Manners refine slowly , and speech as 1 " On referring , after an interval of many years , to these old ...
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... court . The tale ends at 1. 402 ( corresponding with 1. 396 here , no doubt the end of the first version of the tale ) , the last four stanzas winding it up with a moral . THAT god that dyed for vs all & dranke both vinigar & gall ...
... court . The tale ends at 1. 402 ( corresponding with 1. 396 here , no doubt the end of the first version of the tale ) , the last four stanzas winding it up with a moral . THAT god that dyed for vs all & dranke both vinigar & gall ...
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... court to heare eche case : the Officiall 2 was sett . Much c [ i ] uill matters were to doo , more libells read then one o tow3 both [ against priest & clarke ; ] * Some there had testaments to proue , some women there through wanton ...
... court to heare eche case : the Officiall 2 was sett . Much c [ i ] uill matters were to doo , more libells read then one o tow3 both [ against priest & clarke ; ] * Some there had testaments to proue , some women there through wanton ...
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... court . - P . 3 into.-P. 4 dauns't . - P . others . - P . C 6 strake . - P . the bills . - P . at whose bidding Jack pipes away , and all the world begins dancing , even the official , who suffers a collision with the friar . The ...
... court . - P . 3 into.-P. 4 dauns't . - P . others . - P . C 6 strake . - P . the bills . - P . at whose bidding Jack pipes away , and all the world begins dancing , even the official , who suffers a collision with the friar . The ...
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... Court at three several places . As the actors , as well as the spectators , varied at each , it became necessary to vary the language ; and Jonson , who always attended the presentation of his pieces , was called on for additions ...
... Court at three several places . As the actors , as well as the spectators , varied at each , it became necessary to vary the language ; and Jonson , who always attended the presentation of his pieces , was called on for additions ...
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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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