Merrie England in the Olden Time, Volumul 1R. Bentley, 1842 |
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Pagina 18
... transportation who should baptize a child , or officiate as a clergyman to more than four persons , besides the members of his own family ! Seeing how little party spirit , religious contro- versy , 18 MERRIE ENGLAND.
... transportation who should baptize a child , or officiate as a clergyman to more than four persons , besides the members of his own family ! Seeing how little party spirit , religious contro- versy , 18 MERRIE ENGLAND.
Pagina 24
... four miles amidst clover , sor- rel , buttercups , aye , and corn to boot ! the fresh breeze of morn , the fragrance of the flowers , and the pleasant prospect , would inspire happy thoughts and , as nothing better sharpens the appetite ...
... four miles amidst clover , sor- rel , buttercups , aye , and corn to boot ! the fresh breeze of morn , the fragrance of the flowers , and the pleasant prospect , would inspire happy thoughts and , as nothing better sharpens the appetite ...
Pagina 25
... four- pence per head ; coffee at threepence a dish . And in the afternoon , tea , sugar and milk , at threepence per head , with good attendance . Coaches may come up to the farthest gar- den - door next to the bridge in St. John Street ...
... four- pence per head ; coffee at threepence a dish . And in the afternoon , tea , sugar and milk , at threepence per head , with good attendance . Coaches may come up to the farthest gar- den - door next to the bridge in St. John Street ...
Pagina 30
... four gui- neas a - battle , and twenty guineas the old battle , and continues all the week , beginning at four o'clock . " 2 " Mulberry Gardens , Clerkenwell . The gloomy clouds the Shakspeare's Head Tavern and Jubilee Gar- dens ; the ...
... four gui- neas a - battle , and twenty guineas the old battle , and continues all the week , beginning at four o'clock . " 2 " Mulberry Gardens , Clerkenwell . The gloomy clouds the Shakspeare's Head Tavern and Jubilee Gar- dens ; the ...
Pagina 36
... four- teen thousand pounds by his engagements at home and abroad . 3 " Horsemanship , April 29 , 1767 . 66 Mr. Sampson will begin his famous feats of horsemanship next Monday , at a commodious place built for that purpose in a field ...
... four- teen thousand pounds by his engagements at home and abroad . 3 " Horsemanship , April 29 , 1767 . 66 Mr. Sampson will begin his famous feats of horsemanship next Monday , at a commodious place built for that purpose in a field ...
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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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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 4 - While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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!
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...