Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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Page 37
... at the end , and slirted for flirted in the stanza before them . This poem is not in the original edition of the Mis- cellanies , Part II . , in 1685.-F. appears of immoderate length ; it must however have been 37 COOKE LAURELL.
... at the end , and slirted for flirted in the stanza before them . This poem is not in the original edition of the Mis- cellanies , Part II . , in 1685.-F. appears of immoderate length ; it must however have been 37 COOKE LAURELL.
Page 38
... poems , by J. Okes , in 12mo . " The folio , never greatly to be trusted , is here grievously incorrect , and proves the miserable incapacity of those into whose hands the poet's papers fell . The surreptitious copy in 12mo . is ...
... poems , by J. Okes , in 12mo . " The folio , never greatly to be trusted , is here grievously incorrect , and proves the miserable incapacity of those into whose hands the poet's papers fell . The surreptitious copy in 12mo . is ...
Page 76
... Poems on Costume , for the Percy Society , 1849 , p . 141-2 , but he modernised the spelling . " English Mutability ... poem ] ; which hath A kind of hose or breeches described by Stubbes . See the word in Nares . - F . 2 thrifty ...
... Poems on Costume , for the Percy Society , 1849 , p . 141-2 , but he modernised the spelling . " English Mutability ... poem ] ; which hath A kind of hose or breeches described by Stubbes . See the word in Nares . - F . 2 thrifty ...
Page 78
... poem in the same volume , at p . 162 , we read- Here is an English conny furr ! Rushia hath no such stuffe , Which ... Poems on Costume , and it is mentioned twice in the " Ballad of the Caps , " which Mr. Fairholt places at the end of ...
... poem in the same volume , at p . 162 , we read- Here is an English conny furr ! Rushia hath no such stuffe , Which ... Poems on Costume , and it is mentioned twice in the " Ballad of the Caps , " which Mr. Fairholt places at the end of ...
Page 96
... poem may be compared another " Burlesque Receipt " for the same purpose in Reliquiæ Antiquæ , i . 250 , “ A good medesyn , yff a mayd have lost her madened , to make her a mayd ageyn , " which is taken , says Mr. Halliwell , " from a ...
... poem may be compared another " Burlesque Receipt " for the same purpose in Reliquiæ Antiquæ , i . 250 , “ A good medesyn , yff a mayd have lost her madened , to make her a mayd ageyn , " which is taken , says Mr. Halliwell , " from a ...
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