Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1873 |
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... king , Sans check , to good and bad : But when the planets , In evil mixtur , to disorder wander , What plagues , and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights , changes ...
... king , Sans check , to good and bad : But when the planets , In evil mixtur , to disorder wander , What plagues , and what portents ! what mutiny ! What raging of the sea ! shaking of earth ! Commotion in the winds ! frights , changes ...
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... King Edward and the Shepherd , MS . Cantab . Ff . v . 48 , one says , Passilodion , and the other , Berafrynde ; a strange kind of humour , the amusement of which is difficult to be comprehended , though " I warrant it proved an excuse ...
... King Edward and the Shepherd , MS . Cantab . Ff . v . 48 , one says , Passilodion , and the other , Berafrynde ; a strange kind of humour , the amusement of which is difficult to be comprehended , though " I warrant it proved an excuse ...
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... King and Queen , Then be it your delight That something may be seen In our Wassel . It is a noble part To bear a liberal mind ; God bless our master's heart ! For here we comfort find , With our Wassel . And now we must be gone , To ...
... King and Queen , Then be it your delight That something may be seen In our Wassel . It is a noble part To bear a liberal mind ; God bless our master's heart ! For here we comfort find , With our Wassel . And now we must be gone , To ...
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... king of light , father of aged Time , Hath brought about the day which is the prime To the slow gliding months , when every eye Wears symptoms of a sober jollity ; And every hand is ready to present Some service in a real compliment ...
... king of light , father of aged Time , Hath brought about the day which is the prime To the slow gliding months , when every eye Wears symptoms of a sober jollity ; And every hand is ready to present Some service in a real compliment ...
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... king's jester , who , having fooled many , was at length fooled himself . Coming to a nobleman's upon New Year's Day , to bid him good morrow , Archee received twenty pieces of gold , but , covetously desiring more , he shook them in ...
... king's jester , who , having fooled many , was at length fooled himself . Coming to a nobleman's upon New Year's Day , to bid him good morrow , Archee received twenty pieces of gold , but , covetously desiring more , he shook them in ...
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