The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurences, Historical Facts, Traditions, Legendary and Descriptive Ballads, &c., &c, Volume 21844 - Ballads, English |
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... original and unique production will alone rescue his memory from oblivion . It is a faceti- ous poem , which in doggerel Latin and English rhymes , placed in opposite columns , contains the itinerary of an inveterate tippler through the ...
... original and unique production will alone rescue his memory from oblivion . It is a faceti- ous poem , which in doggerel Latin and English rhymes , placed in opposite columns , contains the itinerary of an inveterate tippler through the ...
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... original . We find the whole circumstances of the narrative in the marvellous account of the “ seven men who sleep , and long have slept , in a den , under a cliff of ocean , in the uttermost parts of Germany , where there is snow all ...
... original . We find the whole circumstances of the narrative in the marvellous account of the “ seven men who sleep , and long have slept , in a den , under a cliff of ocean , in the uttermost parts of Germany , where there is snow all ...
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... original draft of the story , pro- vided they claim no monopoly . The legend has been well pourtrayed . “ In the cavern under the hazel tree on Craigy Dinas , king Arthur and all his knights are lying asleep in a circle ; their heads ...
... original draft of the story , pro- vided they claim no monopoly . The legend has been well pourtrayed . “ In the cavern under the hazel tree on Craigy Dinas , king Arthur and all his knights are lying asleep in a circle ; their heads ...
Page 44
... original , but its verity is not the less to be depended upon . A shepherd one day , in quest of a strayed sheep , on the crags , suddenly had his attention aroused , by the scene around him assuming an appearance he had never before ...
... original , but its verity is not the less to be depended upon . A shepherd one day , in quest of a strayed sheep , on the crags , suddenly had his attention aroused , by the scene around him assuming an appearance he had never before ...
Page 84
... original . 66 Jamieson makes as much fun of " Lay the bent , " as Cruickshank does of " Lord Bateman ; " ex gr . he thinks , if the lady who answered the questions , had lived in later times , she would have made a distin- guished ...
... original . 66 Jamieson makes as much fun of " Lay the bent , " as Cruickshank does of " Lord Bateman ; " ex gr . he thinks , if the lady who answered the questions , had lived in later times , she would have made a distin- guished ...
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afterwards Alnwick amongst ancient appeared arms ballad baron battle beautiful bishop bishop of Durham Border brave brother called castle church Crosiers Cuthbert daughter death descendants died Duke Durham Earl of Northumberland Earl of Westmoreland Edward England eyes fair father fell frae friends grey hand hath head heard heart heir Henry Hexham hill Hilton holy honour horse house of Lancaster John Johnie Johnie Scot King lady land Lay &c legend letter lived Lord married monk morning ne'er neighbours never Nevill Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne night noble North North Shields o'er Ovingham Parcy Reed Pilgrimage of Grace poem poor possession prince Queen Richard river Tyne Robert round Saint scene Scotland Scots shew Shields side song soon stone sword thee Thomas Percy thou tower tree Tyne Tynemouth wife William young
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Page 98 - Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. "Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery...
Page 16 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Page 267 - He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens.
Page 306 - Mark but my fall, and that that ruined me. Cromwell, I charge thee fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels ; how can man, then, . The image of his Maker, hope to win...
Page 112 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends...
Page 413 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found. Among the faithless faithful only he : Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example with him wrought To 'swerve from truth, or change his constant mind Though single.
Page 98 - Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery; The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Page 28 - And quickly hied he down the stair, Of fifteen steps he made but three; He's ta'en his bonnie love in his arms, And kist, and kist her tenderlie.
Page 160 - ... he comes flounce into bed, dead as a salmon into a fishmonger's basket; his feet cold as ice, his breath hot as a furnace, and his hands and his face as greasy as his flannel night-cap.
Page 308 - Though green at noon, cut down at night, Shows thy decay ; All flesh is hay, Thus think, and smoke tobacco.