Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy. Repr. entire from the author's last ed. With memoir and critical dissertation, by G. Gilfillan, Том 31877 |
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... libraries of the North , most of them are supposed to have had some foundation in truth , and the more ancient they are , the more they are believed to be connected with true history . " It was not probably till after the Historian and ...
... libraries of the North , most of them are supposed to have had some foundation in truth , and the more ancient they are , the more they are believed to be connected with true history . " It was not probably till after the Historian and ...
Стр. xvii
... libraries of the curious . See a Note of Wanley's in Harl . Catalog . Num . 2252 , p . 49 , & c . Nicholson's Eng . Hist . Library , 3d Ed . p . 91 , & c . - See also a curious collection of old French Romances , with Mr Wanley's ...
... libraries of the curious . See a Note of Wanley's in Harl . Catalog . Num . 2252 , p . 49 , & c . Nicholson's Eng . Hist . Library , 3d Ed . p . 91 , & c . - See also a curious collection of old French Romances , with Mr Wanley's ...
Стр. xix
... libraries , as I shall shew in the conclusion of this slight essay , where I shall give a list of such metrical Histories and Romances as have fallen under my observation . As many of these contain a considerable portion of poetic merit ...
... libraries , as I shall shew in the conclusion of this slight essay , where I shall give a list of such metrical Histories and Romances as have fallen under my observation . As many of these contain a considerable portion of poetic merit ...
Стр. xxvi
... Library at Edinburgh , in a MS . quarto volume of old English poetry [ W. 4. 1. ] Num . XXXIV . in seven leaves or folios , 2 intitled Horn - child and Maiden Rinivel , and beginning thus : Mi leve frende dere , Herken and ye may here ...
... Library at Edinburgh , in a MS . quarto volume of old English poetry [ W. 4. 1. ] Num . XXXIV . in seven leaves or folios , 2 intitled Horn - child and Maiden Rinivel , and beginning thus : Mi leve frende dere , Herken and ye may here ...
Стр. xxvii
... library , the other in that of Caius College , Class A. 8.- -In Ames's Typog . p . 153 , may be seen the first lines of the printed copy .-— The 1st MS . begins , Sythe the tyme that God was borne . 4. Guy and Colbronde , an old Romance ...
... library , the other in that of Caius College , Class A. 8.- -In Ames's Typog . p . 153 , may be seen the first lines of the printed copy .-— The 1st MS . begins , Sythe the tyme that God was borne . 4. Guy and Colbronde , an old Romance ...
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Стр. 161 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Стр. 169 - Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else they take their ease.
Стр. 168 - Or Ciss to milking rose, Then merrily went their tabor, And nimbly went their toes. Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain.
Стр. i - Cowley : so, on the contrary, an ordinary song or ballad, that is the delight of the common people, cannot fail to please all such readers as are not unqualified for the entertainment by their affectation or ignorance ; and the reason is plain, because the same paintings of nature which recommend it to the most ordinary reader, will appear beautiful to the most refined.
Стр. 267 - So shall the fairest face appear When youth and years are flown; Such is the robe that kings must wear When death has reft their crown.
Стр. 112 - Love wont to gae! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa
Стр. 104 - One penny, one penny, kind sir, she sayd, Will ease me of much paine. Before I give you one penny, sweet-heart, Praye tell me where you were borne. At Islington, kind sir, sayd shee, Where I have had many a scorne.
Стр. 168 - In undermcles and in morweninges, And sayth his Matines and his holy thinges, As he goth in his limitatioun. Women may now go safely up and doun, In every bush, and under every tree, Ther is non other incubus but he, And he ne will don hem no dishonour.
Стр. 136 - The parents being dead and gone, The children home he takes, And brings them straight unto his house Where much of them he makes. He had not kept these pretty babes A twelvemonth and a day, But, for their wealth, he did devise To make them both away.
Стр. 52 - And wish well to thy soule will I So long as I have life, So will I not for thee Barnard Although I am thy wedded wife.