The Devil is an Ass, Issues 29-30H. Holt, 1905 - 252 pages |
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... vpon his first comming vnto Som . affirmed that it was not So. that spake in his fitts , but the diuell by him . ' Both Fitz- dottrel ( Text , 5. 8. 115 ) and Somers ( Narration , p . 182 ) talk in Greek . The devil in Fitzdottrel ...
... vpon his first comming vnto Som . affirmed that it was not So. that spake in his fitts , but the diuell by him . ' Both Fitz- dottrel ( Text , 5. 8. 115 ) and Somers ( Narration , p . 182 ) talk in Greek . The devil in Fitzdottrel ...
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... Vpon a tonning of Ale , to ftale the yeft , Or keepe the churne fo , that the buttter come not ; Spight o ' the housewiues cord , or her hot spit ? Or fome good Ribibe , about Kentish Towne , Or Hogfden , you would hang now , for a ...
... Vpon a tonning of Ale , to ftale the yeft , Or keepe the churne fo , that the buttter come not ; Spight o ' the housewiues cord , or her hot spit ? Or fome good Ribibe , about Kentish Towne , Or Hogfden , you would hang now , for a ...
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... vpon any affayre That may concerne our name , on earth . It is not 25 [ 96 ] Euery ones worke . The state of Hell ... vpon't , Then you'll imagine , pretious Chiefe . SAT . What Vice ? 40 What kind wouldst th ' haue it of ? PVG . Why ...
... vpon any affayre That may concerne our name , on earth . It is not 25 [ 96 ] Euery ones worke . The state of Hell ... vpon't , Then you'll imagine , pretious Chiefe . SAT . What Vice ? 40 What kind wouldst th ' haue it of ? PVG . Why ...
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... vpon earth , for Vices ; Stranger , and newer : and chang'd euery houre . They ride ' hem like their horfes off their legges , And here they come to Hell , whole legions of ' hem , Euery weeke tyr'd . Wee , still ftriue to breed , And ...
... vpon earth , for Vices ; Stranger , and newer : and chang'd euery houre . They ride ' hem like their horfes off their legges , And here they come to Hell , whole legions of ' hem , Euery weeke tyr'd . Wee , still ftriue to breed , And ...
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... vpon him thus in vaine , As I ha ' done this twelue mone'th . If he be not , At all , why , are there Coniurers ? If they be not , Why , are there lawes against ' hem ? The best artists Of Cambridge , Oxford , Middlefex , and London ...
... vpon him thus in vaine , As I ha ' done this twelue mone'th . If he be not , At all , why , are there Coniurers ? If they be not , Why , are there lawes against ' hem ? The best artists Of Cambridge , Oxford , Middlefex , and London ...
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