Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets; Together with Some Few of Later Date. 3Tauchnitz, 1866 - 356 pages |
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... land as she is known to have done in the North , and that much sooner , for the reasons before assigned 10. This , to- gether with the example and influence of the Normans , will easily account to us why the first romances of chivalry ...
... land as she is known to have done in the North , and that much sooner , for the reasons before assigned 10. This , to- gether with the example and influence of the Normans , will easily account to us why the first romances of chivalry ...
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... Land , having been discovered in the habit of " a palmer in Almayne , " and apprehended as a spy , was by the king thrown into prison . Wardrewe , the king's son , hearing of Richard's great strength , desires the jailor to let him have ...
... Land , having been discovered in the habit of " a palmer in Almayne , " and apprehended as a spy , was by the king thrown into prison . Wardrewe , the king's son , hearing of Richard's great strength , desires the jailor to let him have ...
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... Land of Beame . 13. The Romance of Merline , in nine parts ( preserved in the same folio MS . p . 145 ) , gives a curious account of the birth , parentage , and juvenile adventures of this famous British prophet . In this poem the ...
... Land of Beame . 13. The Romance of Merline , in nine parts ( preserved in the same folio MS . p . 145 ) , gives a curious account of the birth , parentage , and juvenile adventures of this famous British prophet . In this poem the ...
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... land , on the road from Penrith to Carlisle . There is a tradition , that an old castle once stood near the lake , the remains of which were not long since visible . Tearn , in the dialect of that country , signifies a small lake , and ...
... land , on the road from Penrith to Carlisle . There is a tradition , that an old castle once stood near the lake , the remains of which were not long since visible . Tearn , in the dialect of that country , signifies a small lake , and ...
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... lands , All forfeit unto mee ; For this is not thy paye , sir king , 135 Nor may thy ransome bee . Yet hold thy hand , thou proud baròne , I praye thee hold thy hand ; And give mee leave to speake once more In reskewe of my land . 1.40 ...
... lands , All forfeit unto mee ; For this is not thy paye , sir king , 135 Nor may thy ransome bee . Yet hold thy hand , thou proud baròne , I praye thee hold thy hand ; And give mee leave to speake once more In reskewe of my land . 1.40 ...
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