Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... once again . " 28 32 The youth was rough , he tooke vp her stuffe , & to blindmans buffe they did goe ; hee kept such a coyle , he gaue her the foyle , soe great the broyle it did growe . but shee was soe yonge , & he was soe stronge ...
... once again . " 28 32 The youth was rough , he tooke vp her stuffe , & to blindmans buffe they did goe ; hee kept such a coyle , he gaue her the foyle , soe great the broyle it did growe . but shee was soe yonge , & he was soe stronge ...
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... once instance , completes a stanza , by furnishing three lines , which no ingenuity could have supplied . " In speaking of Jonson's Masques , Mr. Procter says , " Jonson returned to London in May , 1619 , " and " speaks of his wel- come ...
... once instance , completes a stanza , by furnishing three lines , which no ingenuity could have supplied . " In speaking of Jonson's Masques , Mr. Procter says , " Jonson returned to London in May , 1619 , " and " speaks of his wel- come ...
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... Once againe to try your forces , thus I dare thee to the feild ; time is lost that time diuorces from the pleasures loue doth yeeld . Ah ha ! fyee , fye ! itt comes yett still ! itt comes , I , I ! doe what you will ! my breath doth ...
... Once againe to try your forces , thus I dare thee to the feild ; time is lost that time diuorces from the pleasures loue doth yeeld . Ah ha ! fyee , fye ! itt comes yett still ! itt comes , I , I ! doe what you will ! my breath doth ...
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... once , may mourne . lett flyes burne , & maids mourne , for in vaine you do perswade them from their folly ; Nature binds all their kinds now & then to play the waggs though the seeme holy . ffins . 4 IT Panche.1 [ Page 238 of MS . ] 60 ...
... once , may mourne . lett flyes burne , & maids mourne , for in vaine you do perswade them from their folly ; Nature binds all their kinds now & then to play the waggs though the seeme holy . ffins . 4 IT Panche.1 [ Page 238 of MS . ] 60 ...
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... once you growe to lauish , and all your wealth discouer , you cast of hope ; for then with too much scope you doe dull your Egar louer . Don't be always bill- ing . then order soe your treasure , 32 & soe dispend your store , Let men ...
... once you growe to lauish , and all your wealth discouer , you cast of hope ; for then with too much scope you doe dull your Egar louer . Don't be always bill- ing . then order soe your treasure , 32 & soe dispend your store , Let men ...
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Page 39 - After him succeeded, by the general council, one Cock Lorrell, the most notorious knave that ever lived.' . . By trade he was a tinker, often carrying a pan and hammer for shew ; but when he came to a good booty, he would cast his profession into a ditch, and play the padder.
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Page 32 - Psalmes, or Songs of Sion, turned into the language, and set to the tunes of a strange land...