Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date, Հատոր 3John Nichols, 1794 |
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... wife than in the old Hifcries and Romanes . Helinjhed bferves , that " She was evil reported of , as noted of incont.- ence and breach of faith to Lir brfband . ' . Vil . I. p . 93 . Sucu READERS , AS HAVE NO RELISH FOR PURE ANTIQUITY ...
... wife than in the old Hifcries and Romanes . Helinjhed bferves , that " She was evil reported of , as noted of incont.- ence and breach of faith to Lir brfband . ' . Vil . I. p . 93 . Sucu READERS , AS HAVE NO RELISH FOR PURE ANTIQUITY ...
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... Wife of Bath's Tale . The original was fo ex- tremely mutilated , half of every leaf being torn away , that without large fupplements , & c . it was at firft deemed im- proper for this collection : thefe it has therefore received , fuch ...
... Wife of Bath's Tale . The original was fo ex- tremely mutilated , half of every leaf being torn away , that without large fupplements , & c . it was at firft deemed im- proper for this collection : thefe it has therefore received , fuch ...
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... This was a common phrafe in our old writers ; fo Chaucer , in bis Prologue to the Cant . Tales , fays of the wife of Bath : Her hofen were of fyne fcarlet red . What What wight art thou , the ladye fayd , That ANCIENT POEMS . 15.
... This was a common phrafe in our old writers ; fo Chaucer , in bis Prologue to the Cant . Tales , fays of the wife of Bath : Her hofen were of fyne fcarlet red . What What wight art thou , the ladye fayd , That ANCIENT POEMS . 15.
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... wife . Then befpake him fir Gawàine , That was ever a gentle knighte : That lothly ladye I will wed ; Therefore be merrye and lighte . 20 Nowe naye , nowe naye , good fir Gawàine ; 25 My fitter's fonne yee bee ; This lothlye ladye's all ...
... wife . Then befpake him fir Gawàine , That was ever a gentle knighte : That lothly ladye I will wed ; Therefore be merrye and lighte . 20 Nowe naye , nowe naye , good fir Gawàine ; 25 My fitter's fonne yee bee ; This lothlye ladye's all ...
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... wife . What marry this foule queane , quoth Kay , I'the devil's name anone ; Gett mee a wife wherever I maye , In footh fhee fhall be none . Then fome tooke up their hawkes in haßte , And fome took up their houndes ; And fayd they wolde ...
... wife . What marry this foule queane , quoth Kay , I'the devil's name anone ; Gett mee a wife wherever I maye , In footh fhee fhall be none . Then fome tooke up their hawkes in haßte , And fome took up their houndes ; And fayd they wolde ...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Հատոր 3 Thomas Percy Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1866 |
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ... Thomas Percy Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1866 |
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Էջ 204 - Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round. But if to ride, My backe they stride, More swift than wind away I go ; Ore hedge and lands, Thro...
Էջ viii - So, on the contrary, an ordinary Song or Ballad that is the Delight of the common People, cannot fail to please all such Readers as are not unqualified for the Entertainment by their Affectation or Ignorance; and the Reason is plain, because the same Paintings of Nature which recommend it to the most ordinary Reader, will appear Beautiful to the most refined.
Էջ 205 - Twixt sleepe and wake, I do them take, And on the key-cold floor them throw : If out they cry, then forth I fly, And loudly laugh out, ho, ho, ho ! When...
Էջ 129 - Is there ony room at your head, Saunders? Is there ony room at your feet? Or ony room at your side. Saunders, Where fain, fain, I wad sleep?" "There's nae room at my head, Marg'ret, There's nae room at my feet; My bed it is fu' lowly now, Amang the hungry worms I sleep.
Էջ 144 - FORSAKEN 0 waly waly up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn-side Where I and my Love wont to gae...
Էջ 333 - So shall the fairest face appear When youth and years are flown; Such is the robe that kings must wear When death has reft their crown.
Էջ 300 - Which made him bolder and bolder. He had long claws, and in his jaws Four and forty teeth of iron ; With a hide as tough as any buff, Which did him round environ.
Էջ 334 - Bethink thee, William, of thy fault, Thy pledge and broken oath: And give me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth.
Էջ 177 - He pawned and mortgaged all his land Ere seven years came about, And now at length this wicked act Did by this means come out : The fellow that did take in hand These children for to kill, Was for a robbery judged to die ; Such was God's blessed will.
Էջ 123 - Deal on, deal on, my merry men all, Deal on your cake and your wine ; For whatever is dealt at her funeral to-day, Shall be dealt to-morrow at mine.