Merrie England in the Olden Time, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1842 |
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... sober to be amused , " puerile ! " " ridiculous ! " were the critical anathemas that fulminated from our newly- imbibed absolute wisdom ! It might be presump- tion to say that we have since grown wiser ; 2 MERRIE ENGLAND.
... sober to be amused , " puerile ! " " ridiculous ! " were the critical anathemas that fulminated from our newly- imbibed absolute wisdom ! It might be presump- tion to say that we have since grown wiser ; 2 MERRIE ENGLAND.
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George Daniel. tion to say that we have since grown wiser ; cer- tain it is , we are become less pleased with our- selves , and consequently more willing to be pleased . Gentle Reader , we are old ... say that we have since grown wiser; ...
George Daniel. tion to say that we have since grown wiser ; cer- tain it is , we are become less pleased with our- selves , and consequently more willing to be pleased . Gentle Reader , we are old ... say that we have since grown wiser; ...
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... ( says Anthony à Wood , ) " it was accounted a book full of wit and mirth by the scholars and gentlemen . " It is thus referred to in an old play of 1560 : - " Ha ! ha ha ! ha ! ha ! I must needs laughe in my slefe . The wise men of Gotum ...
... ( says Anthony à Wood , ) " it was accounted a book full of wit and mirth by the scholars and gentlemen . " It is thus referred to in an old play of 1560 : - " Ha ! ha ha ! ha ! ha ! I must needs laughe in my slefe . The wise men of Gotum ...
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... says that crosses were erected in the 14th Richard II . as landmarks to define the boundaries between Kesteven and Holland . They were placed on public roads as a check to thieves , and to regulate pro- cessions . At the Reformation ...
... says that crosses were erected in the 14th Richard II . as landmarks to define the boundaries between Kesteven and Holland . They were placed on public roads as a check to thieves , and to regulate pro- cessions . At the Reformation ...
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... say grace . The young gentleman , thinking that her ladyship had lived quite long enough , expressed his wishes thus graciously : — " Good Lord of thy mercy , Take my good Lady D'Arcy Unto her heavenly throne ; That I , little Frank ...
... say grace . The young gentleman , thinking that her ladyship had lived quite long enough , expressed his wishes thus graciously : — " Good Lord of thy mercy , Take my good Lady D'Arcy Unto her heavenly throne ; That I , little Frank ...
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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...