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... quoth he . ' Yet now I see her wealth is sufficient to maintain her valour , which I will seek to cherish in all that I may , and with my sword keep possession of that which I have . Kings and lovers can brook no partners , therefore ...
... quoth he . ' Yet now I see her wealth is sufficient to maintain her valour , which I will seek to cherish in all that I may , and with my sword keep possession of that which I have . Kings and lovers can brook no partners , therefore ...
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... quoth Gray , ' is this , that the covetous Earl , who through greedy desire never ceased begging the King for one thing or another , his request being now denied , hath of mere obstinacy and wilful forwardness banished himself and quite ...
... quoth Gray , ' is this , that the covetous Earl , who through greedy desire never ceased begging the King for one thing or another , his request being now denied , hath of mere obstinacy and wilful forwardness banished himself and quite ...
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... quoth they . Must we be so tied to our tasks that we may not drink with our friends ? Fie , fie upon these Yellow - hose ! Will nothing serve your turn but this ? Have we thus long been your wives , and do you now mistrust us ? Verily ...
... quoth they . Must we be so tied to our tasks that we may not drink with our friends ? Fie , fie upon these Yellow - hose ! Will nothing serve your turn but this ? Have we thus long been your wives , and do you now mistrust us ? Verily ...
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... quoth Gray . ' Then you could not choose but fare well ! ' said Hodgekins . • If Sutton . you be weary of our company , adieu ! ' retorted ' Not so , ' said Martin Byram . Shall we not have a game before we go ? ' ( Yes , faith - for ...
... quoth Gray . ' Then you could not choose but fare well ! ' said Hodgekins . • If Sutton . you be weary of our company , adieu ! ' retorted ' Not so , ' said Martin Byram . Shall we not have a game before we go ? ' ( Yes , faith - for ...
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... quoth she . Verily , sir , in my opinion there is none good but God , therefore call me mistress . ' ' Fair mistress , I have often mused how you , a pretty woman , could find it in your heart to mate with such a greasy churl as your ...
... quoth she . Verily , sir , in my opinion there is none good but God , therefore call me mistress . ' ' Fair mistress , I have often mused how you , a pretty woman , could find it in your heart to mate with such a greasy churl as your ...
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Page 179 - THE FAMOUS HISTORIE OF FRYER BACON, containing the wonderfull things that he did in his life : also the manner of his death, with the lives and deaths of the two conjurers, Bungye and Vandermast.
Page 18 - Why, so can I ; or so can any man : But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 22 - Every ear is filled with the story of Friar Bacon, that made a brazen head to speak these words, time is? Which though there want not the like relations,^ surely too literally received, and was but a mystical fable concerning the philosopher's great work, wherein he eminently laboured : implying no more by the copper head, than the vessel wherein it was wrought, and by the words it spake, than the opportunity to be...
Page 22 - Tempus ortus or birth of the mystical child or philosophical King of Lullius, the rising of the Terra foliata of Arnoldus, when the earth, sufficiently impregnated with the water ascendeth white and splendent, which, not observed, the work is irrecoverably lost, according to that of Petrus Bonus : ' Ibi est operis perfectio aut annihilatio, quoniam ipsa die immo hora oriuntur elementa simplicia de purata quae egent statim compositione antequam volent ab igne.
Page 128 - Say wisely, have a care o' th' main chance, And look before you ere you leap ; For as you sow, y...
Page 125 - THE HISTORY OF GEORGE A GREEN, Pindar of the Town of Wakefield, his Birth, Calling, Valour, and Reputation in the Country : with divers pleasant as well as serious Passages in the Course of his Life and Fortune. Illustrated with cuts. Sm. 8vo. London, Printed for Samuel Ballard at the Blue-Ball in Little Britain, 1706.
Page 22 - Now letting slip this critical opportunity, he missed the intended treasure, which had he obtained, he might have made out the tradition of making a brazen wall about England : that is, the most powerful defence, and strongest fortification which gold could have effected.
Page 69 - Of favour sweet, and nature kind, With goodly eies, and yet starke blind, This poore blind Maiden I do say, In age shall goe in rich array. And he that takes her to his wife, Shall lead a joyfull happy life, The wealthiest Clothier shall he be, That ever was in that country. But clothing kept as it hath beene. In London never shall be seene : For weavers then the most shall win, That worke for cloathing next the skin.
Page 38 - The women having thus conquered their husbands conceits, would not leave the favour of their friends for frownes, and as above the rest Tom Dove was the most pleasantest, so was he had in most reputation with the women, who for his sake made this Song: Welcome to towne, Tom Dove, Tom Dove The merriest man alive, Thy company still we love, we love, God grant thee well to thrive, And never will depart from thee, For better or worse, my joy, For thou shalt still have our good will, Gods blessing on...