A Century of BalladsJohn Ashton E. Stock, 1887 - 354 עמודים |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
alongst ballad Barbara Allen behold Black Pudding Boobee Boys brave Brooksby Brown Bay Children Country cry'd Daughter dear death delight Devil Ditty doth drink dumb dy'd fair fair Lady fear flowers flye gallant gold Gosport grief hand hast hath hear heart Hog's Pudding honour Hounds hue & cry Husband I'le ipse hee Islington King comes home kynge Lady Lass Leather Bottel likewise live London Lord loue Lovers Low-lands Lyon's den Maids Master merry mynde ne'r Neatherlands never night Nut-brown Maid Oh jealousie old Cap poor Benjamin pound Powdered Hair pray Printed purse Pye Corner Queen quoth sailing shal SHEWING sing Song sorrow sweet sweet Trinity Sweet William Taylors tell thee There's things thou Topknots Tune unto We'l whilst whur wife Wine Woman wyll young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד xviii - Pray now, buy some : I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true. Aut. Here's one to a very doleful tune, how a usurer's wife was brought to bed of twenty money-bags at a burthen and how she longed to eat adders
עמוד 5 - When this old cap was new. The nobles of our land Were much delighted then To have at their command A crew of lusty men, Which by their coats were known Of tawny, red, or blue, With crests on their sleeves shown, When this old cap was new.
עמוד 346 - He called up his merry men all, By one, by two, and by three ; Saying, " I'll away to fair Margaret's bower, By the leave of my lady.
עמוד 6 - The neighbours were friendly bidden, And all had welcome true, The poor from the gates were not chidden, When this old cap was new.
עמוד xii - Which is my heritage, I will you bring; and with a ring By way of marri-age I will you take, and lady make, As shortly as I can: Thus have ye won an earl-es son And not a banished man.
עמוד 203 - The which will bore fifteen good holes at once, sailing in the Low-lands. Some were at cards, and some at dice, in the Neatherlands, Some were at cards, and some at dice, in the Neatherlands, Until the salt water flashed in their eyes, sailing in the Low-lands.
עמוד 226 - ... they dare attempt it. The work goes forwards, and they, like so many valiant Amazons, do outface death, and dare danger, though it lurk in every basket : seven are shot, and three slain ; yet they scorn to leave their matchless undertaking, and thus they continue for ten days' space, possessing the beholders that they are immortal.
עמוד 112 - They passed as swift as any wind, That in two hours, or little more, He brought her to her father's door. But as they did this great haste make, He did complain his head did ake ; Her handkerchief she then took out, And tied the same his head about.
עמוד vii - And I your wylle for to fulfylle, in this wyl not refuse, Trusting to shewe, in wordis fewe, that men have an ille use, 20 To ther owne shame wymen to blame, and caúseles them accuse.