Merrie England in the Olden Time, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1842 |
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... perform- ances of these wonderful men . Daily Advertiser , 27th July 1743 . " I am , & c . " See a rare print , entituled " A new and exact prospect of the North side of the City of London , taken from the Upper Pond near Islington ...
... perform- ances of these wonderful men . Daily Advertiser , 27th July 1743 . " I am , & c . " See a rare print , entituled " A new and exact prospect of the North side of the City of London , taken from the Upper Pond near Islington ...
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... performed here his " Surprising Equilibres on the Slack Rope . " In after years , the imitations of Herr Von Eeckenberg were emulated by James Boswell . ( Bozzy ! ) 6 " A great many years ago , when Dr. Blair and I ( Boswell ) were ...
... performed here his " Surprising Equilibres on the Slack Rope . " In after years , the imitations of Herr Von Eeckenberg were emulated by James Boswell . ( Bozzy ! ) 6 " A great many years ago , when Dr. Blair and I ( Boswell ) were ...
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... performed equestrian exercises ; and , that no lack of entertainment might be found in this once merry village , " a new booth , near Islington Turnpike , " for tricks and mummery , was erected in September 1767 ; " an insignificant ...
... performed equestrian exercises ; and , that no lack of entertainment might be found in this once merry village , " a new booth , near Islington Turnpike , " for tricks and mummery , was erected in September 1767 ; " an insignificant ...
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... performed the much - admired catches and glees , selected from the curious collection of the Catch Club ; being the first of the kind pub- lickly exhibited in this or any other kingdom . The entertain- ment consisted of the favourite ...
... performed the much - admired catches and glees , selected from the curious collection of the Catch Club ; being the first of the kind pub- lickly exhibited in this or any other kingdom . The entertain- ment consisted of the favourite ...
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... performing made light and plea- sant . What I have done was at the whisper of When the dreadful earthquake at Lisbon had frightened the English people into an apprehension of the like calamity at home , quack advertised his pills as ...
... performing made light and plea- sant . What I have done was at the whisper of When the dreadful earthquake at Lisbon had frightened the English people into an apprehension of the like calamity at home , quack advertised his pills as ...
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ancient ballad Bartholomew Fair Bartlemy beautiful Ben Jonson Benjamin Bosky blue booth Booth-The Bosky's bowl bright called Church Clerkenwell comical cried dancing delight devil drink Drysalter entertainment exhibited eyes Falstaff Flumgarten foole Frost Fair Fubsys Gardens gentle glass green hand harp hath heart honour horns horse humour Islington Jack John John Tomkins Jollyboy King Lady laughing Laureat of Little lean Little Britain lively London look Lord Maior master Merrie England Merry Andrews middle-aged gentleman mirth Momus monkey morning mountebank mouth Muff nose Old Queen's Head olden play pleasant poor Printed punch quoth River Thames roasted round Sadler's satirical-nosed gentleman says scene shillings side sigh sing Smithfield song sound Southwark Street sweet Tabard Tavern tea-kettle Thames thee thou Timothy's town tricks Uncle Timothy voice walk wine wonderful
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Page 52 - ... the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh ! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge ; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. The lark, that tirra-lyra chants, With heigh ! with heigh ! the thrush and the jay, Are summer songs for me and my aunts, While we lie tumbling in the hay.
Page 250 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 4 - While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
Page 151 - True, representing some principal pieces of the reign of Henry the Eighth, which was set forth with many extraordinary circumstances of pomp and majesty, even to the matting of the stage; the Knights of the Order with their Georges and Garters, the guards with their embroidered coats, and the like— sufficient in truth within a while to make greatness very familiar if not ridiculous.
Page 21 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 73 - And when life's sweet fable ends, Soul and body part like friends ; No quarrels, murmurs, no delay ; A kiss, a sigh, and so away ; — This rare one, reader, wouldst thou see!
Page 272 - He the half of life abuses That sits watering with the Muses. Those dull girls no good can mean us; Wine it is the milk of Venus, And the poet's horse accounted; Ply it, and you all are mounted.
Page 9 - The several characters that seem in more ancient times to have composed the May game and morris were the following : Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian the queen or lady of the May, the fool, the piper, and several morris dancers, habited, as it appears, in various modes. Afterwards a hobby horse and a dragon were added.
Page 242 - How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly, in return, Esteems that busy world an idler too ! Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry...