Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow, to which are Added Notes Festivous EtcWilliam Pickering, 1852 - 312 pàgines |
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Pàgina 127
... rise to the Longbottoms , Sidebottoms , Ramsbottoms , and Shufflebottoms ( shaw - field - bottom ) . Higginbottom and Bombgarson are corruptions of the German Ickenbaum , an oak - tree , and of another word meaning tree - garden . The ...
... rise to the Longbottoms , Sidebottoms , Ramsbottoms , and Shufflebottoms ( shaw - field - bottom ) . Higginbottom and Bombgarson are corruptions of the German Ickenbaum , an oak - tree , and of another word meaning tree - garden . The ...
Pàgina 151
... rise , and get rewarded , Though its duty if the cord did , My last dying speech , confession , Would most aptly crown the session ! What d'ye lack ? what d'ye lack ? 30 In L'Estrange's Reflections upon Poggius's Fable of a Priest and ...
... rise , and get rewarded , Though its duty if the cord did , My last dying speech , confession , Would most aptly crown the session ! What d'ye lack ? what d'ye lack ? 30 In L'Estrange's Reflections upon Poggius's Fable of a Priest and ...
Pàgina 156
... rise To the blue unclouded skies , And in sunny vales below All the flowers of Eden blow ; Where , to music , dance and song , Every streamlet glides along , There the home is , sweet Savoy ! Of the merry Minstrel Boy . I have wander'd ...
... rise To the blue unclouded skies , And in sunny vales below All the flowers of Eden blow ; Where , to music , dance and song , Every streamlet glides along , There the home is , sweet Savoy ! Of the merry Minstrel Boy . I have wander'd ...
Pàgina 181
... rise around , Every star a voice has found ! All Creation , in the calm , Uplifts her high thanksgiving psalm To the Eternal Dwelling - Place , And in the darkness hides her face ! Crime and gluttony and woe , The ridiculous and low Are ...
... rise around , Every star a voice has found ! All Creation , in the calm , Uplifts her high thanksgiving psalm To the Eternal Dwelling - Place , And in the darkness hides her face ! Crime and gluttony and woe , The ridiculous and low Are ...
Pàgina 199
... rise , — In their concert why are mute The Minstrel's voice , his harp and lute ? Norris of Bemerton , who died in 1711 , has a beautiful verse upon this subject : - " But those who soonest take their flight , Are the most exquisite and ...
... rise , — In their concert why are mute The Minstrel's voice , his harp and lute ? Norris of Bemerton , who died in 1711 , has a beautiful verse upon this subject : - " But those who soonest take their flight , Are the most exquisite and ...
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Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and ... George Daniel Visualització completa - 1852 |
Democritus in London. With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and ... G. D.,George Daniel Visualització completa - 1852 |
Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and ... George Daniel Visualització completa - 1852 |
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Pàgina 286 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Pàgina 21 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Pàgina 230 - And to the end of time the tales shall ne'er be done Of Scarlock, George-a-Green, and Much, the miller's son ; Of Tuck, the merry friar, which many a sermon made In praise of Robin Hood, his outlaws, and their trade.
Pàgina 231 - London, to thee I do present the merry month of May; Let each true subject be content to hear me what I say: For from the top of conduit-head, as plainly may appear, I will both tell my name to you, and wherefore I came here. My name is Ralph, by due descent though not ignoble I, Yet far inferior to the flock of gracious grocery...
Pàgina 76 - Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie interr'd Lov'd the church so well, and gave so largely to't, They thought it should have canopied their bones Till dooms-day. But all things have their end; Churches and cities, which have diseases like to men, Must have like death that we have.
Pàgina 234 - Sir, this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you ; it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood : I pray you let them not.
Pàgina 141 - Fond fool ! six feet shall serve for all thy store, And he that cares for most shall find no more.
Pàgina 23 - And his most holy life was such, that it begot such reverence to God, and to him, that they thought themselves the happier when they carried Mr. Herbert's blessing back with them to their labour.
Pàgina 282 - In the morning, after the priest had given him the last sacraments, he said, "There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship, and indeed friendship itself is only a part of virtue.
Pàgina 50 - ... of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou affordest bad men such...