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The British Essayists: The Spectator - Page 54
by Alexander Chalmers - 1802
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Selections from the Early Ballad Poetry of England and Scotland

Richard John King - 1842 - 352 pages
...his sport. The English Erle, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bow men bold All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of neede To ayme their shafts arright. The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran To chase the fallow deere, On...
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The Rod and the Gun: Being Two Treatises on Angling and Shooting

James Wilson - 1844 - 528 pages
...Northumberland, A Vow to God did make, His Pleasure in the Scottish Woods, Three Smmmer's Days to take, With fifteen Hundred Bowmen bold, All chosen Men of...nimble Deer to take, And with their cries the Hills arrd Dales An echo shrill did make. The pursuit of deer with the rifle is termed deerstalking. To kill...
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The Ancient and Modern Ballads of Chevy Chase

Sir Henry Cole - 1844 - 70 pages
...present word, He would prevent his sport. The English earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort, 20 With fifteen hundred bowmen bold ; All chosen men...well in time of need To aim their shafts aright. The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran, 25 To chase the fallow deer : On Monday they began to hunt, Ere day-light...
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The Book of British Ballads

Samuel Carter Hall - 1844 - 178 pages
...present word, He wold prevent his sport. The English Erle, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bow-men bold ; All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of neede To ayme their shafts arright. B The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran, To chase the fallow deere...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 70 pages
...present word, He would prevent his sport. The English Erle, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bow-men bold ; All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of neede To ayme their shafts arright. The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran, To chase the fallow deere :...
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The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurences ..., Volume 2

1844 - 858 pages
...would prevent his sport. The English Erie, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort. VOL. in. 3 P With fifteen hundred bow-men bold ; All chosen men of might, Who knew full well, in time of neede, To ayme their shafts anight. The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran, To chase the fallow deere ;...
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The disputed inheritance

Grace Webster - 1845 - 910 pages
...remark, for she said, ' Deed, Sir, I'll never come back to be married by you again.' " CHAPTER XII. The hounds ran swiftly through the woods, The nimble...cries the hills and dales An echo shrill did make. CHEVY CHASE. SIR Rj CHARD had given directions, the evening before, that preparations should be made...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...present word * He would prevent his sport : The English earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of...well, in time of need, To aim their shafts aright. The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran To chase the fallow deer ; On Monday they began to hunt, When daylight...
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Ballads and Metrical Tales

1845 - 258 pages
...present word, He wold prevent his sport. The English Erie, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort, With fifteen hundred bow-men bold ; All chosen men of might, Who knew fall well in time of neede To ayme their shafts arright. The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran, To chase...
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The Local Historian's Table Book: Of Remarkable Occurences ..., Volume 8

1846 - 430 pages
...would prevent his sport. The English Erle, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort. VOL. in. 3 F With fifteen hundred bow-men bold ; All chosen men of might, Who knew full well, in time of neede, To ayme their shafts anight. The gallant greyhounds swiftly ran, To chase the fallow deere ;...
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