Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-fellow, to which are Added Notes Festivous, EtcW. Pickering, 1852 - 312 Seiten |
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... Fire low , " said Cromwell to his soldiers , " and you will be sure to hit them ! " Its plots are hung upon Tyburn - Tree . It is the vade mecum of the thief and the bully , a vocabulary of Newgate slang , a pocket - picking made easy ...
... Fire low , " said Cromwell to his soldiers , " and you will be sure to hit them ! " Its plots are hung upon Tyburn - Tree . It is the vade mecum of the thief and the bully , a vocabulary of Newgate slang , a pocket - picking made easy ...
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... , in order to show how much love depends upon plenty , painted Venus warm- ing herself before a fire ; and Ceres and Bacchus retiring to a distance . . . . WOMAN'S TONGUE —uncertain thing ! Honied barb , or fiery DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON . 19.
... , in order to show how much love depends upon plenty , painted Venus warm- ing herself before a fire ; and Ceres and Bacchus retiring to a distance . . . . WOMAN'S TONGUE —uncertain thing ! Honied barb , or fiery DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON . 19.
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... fire - blocke till the curfew bell rings candle out ; the old shepheard and the young plow - boy , after their dayes labour , have carold out a Tale of Tom Thumbe to make them merry with : and who but little Tom hath made long nights ...
... fire - blocke till the curfew bell rings candle out ; the old shepheard and the young plow - boy , after their dayes labour , have carold out a Tale of Tom Thumbe to make them merry with : and who but little Tom hath made long nights ...
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... fire , From some wicked eye an arrow let fly , And turn his gas on higher and higher ! Then , by the mass ! let bumpers pass ; Now for a bottle from Bacchus's bin ! I long for a quiz at my festivous phiz In the glass that I hold ' twixt ...
... fire , From some wicked eye an arrow let fly , And turn his gas on higher and higher ! Then , by the mass ! let bumpers pass ; Now for a bottle from Bacchus's bin ! I long for a quiz at my festivous phiz In the glass that I hold ' twixt ...
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... Fire ! fire ! fire ! " - Nor stopp'd to enquire Anything further the terrified crier ! But flung , in a crack , all the liquor , alack ! Full in the Knight's face from the jolly Black Jack ! 95 tobacco - purse affixed to their belt , so ...
... Fire ! fire ! fire ! " - Nor stopp'd to enquire Anything further the terrified crier ! But flung , in a crack , all the liquor , alack ! Full in the Knight's face from the jolly Black Jack ! 95 tobacco - purse affixed to their belt , so ...
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ancient Anthony Munday ballad Bartholomew Fair beauty behold Ben Jonson Benet Fink Bishop bright Brummagem charm Church City Court cried crown dance dark death Democritus devil divine drink eloquent Epicurus Exeunt eyes face fair fancy father fire flowers fool friends garden gentle give gold grace grave happy hath head hear heart heaven heavenly holy honor Jack King knave laugh Laureat light LITTLE BRITAIN Little French Lawyer live London Lord Mayor Majesty Master merry mind morning Motley mournful mysterious never night nose o'er Pageant peep play Plutarch poet poor pray prayer Puck Pumpkin Plethoric Puritan Queen replied rich Robert Burton Robin Robin Hood round royal Rudesheim says SCENE Shakespeare sing Sir Peter smile Socrates solemn song sorrow soul spirit stars sublime sweet sword tears tell thee thing thou thought thro Tom Thumb truth Tuneful Bells Uncle Timothy voice
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Seite 96 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er : So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Seite 9 - 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.
Seite 226 - 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.
Seite 64 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history ; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Seite 223 - 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...
Seite 20 - What judgment I had, increases rather than diminishes ; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject ; to run them into verse, or to give them the other harmony of prose.
Seite 278 - 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.
Seite 20 - I think myself as vigorous as ever in the faculties of my soul, excepting only my memory, which is not impaired to any great degree; and if I lose not more of it, I have no great reason to complain. What...
Seite 3 - Yes, Sir : there was another fine passage too, which he struck out : "When I was a young man, being anxious to distinguish myself, I was perpetually starting new propositions. But I soon gave this over ; for, I found that generally what was new was false.
Seite 11 - 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.