The Staple of NewsH. Holt, 1905 - 276 pages |
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Page xiv
... hath played with me . ' Gifford regarded this letter as an allusion to a work of which nothing is now to be found , ' but Brinsley Nicholson , who quoted the letter in Notes and Queries ( 4th S. 5. 514 ) in 1870 , in a discussion of the ...
... hath played with me . ' Gifford regarded this letter as an allusion to a work of which nothing is now to be found , ' but Brinsley Nicholson , who quoted the letter in Notes and Queries ( 4th S. 5. 514 ) in 1870 , in a discussion of the ...
Page xxiv
... to him . The prodigal turns upon her now : A rattle - baby come to follow me ! Go , get you gone to the greasy chuff your father : bring me your dowry , or never look on me . Flow . Sen. Sir , she hath forsook her father xxiv Introduction.
... to him . The prodigal turns upon her now : A rattle - baby come to follow me ! Go , get you gone to the greasy chuff your father : bring me your dowry , or never look on me . Flow . Sen. Sir , she hath forsook her father xxiv Introduction.
Page xxv
Ben Jonson De Winter. Flow . Sen. Sir , she hath forsook her father and all her friends for you . M. Flow . Hang thee , her friends and father , all together . Flow . Sen. Yet part with something to provide her lodging . M. Flow . Yes ...
Ben Jonson De Winter. Flow . Sen. Sir , she hath forsook her father and all her friends for you . M. Flow . Hang thee , her friends and father , all together . Flow . Sen. Yet part with something to provide her lodging . M. Flow . Yes ...
Page xxxviii
... hath published two former Newes , the one dated the second , the other the thirteenth of August , all which 1Eng . Newsp . 1. 4–6 . 2 From a communication by Charles L. Lindsay in Notes and Queries for August 22 , 1903 ( 9th S. 12. 153 ) ...
... hath published two former Newes , the one dated the second , the other the thirteenth of August , all which 1Eng . Newsp . 1. 4–6 . 2 From a communication by Charles L. Lindsay in Notes and Queries for August 22 , 1903 ( 9th S. 12. 153 ) ...
Page xxxix
... hath | put all France in , etc. | Out of the Informations of Letters and other , this Second of August , 1622. | London , Printed by I. H. for Nathaniel Butter , and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Pide Bull | at S ...
... hath | put all France in , etc. | Out of the Informations of Letters and other , this Second of August , 1622. | London , Printed by I. H. for Nathaniel Butter , and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Pide Bull | at S ...
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