Illustrations of Shakespeare, and of Ancient Manners: With Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare; on the Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris Dance, Том 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
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... Henry the Eighth ; but in Wicliffe we have properly " er be to broke the silveren corde , " and so it is given by Chaucer . Sc . 2. p . 20 . PRO . Bore us some leagues to sea ; where they prepar ' A rotten carcass of a boat , not rigg'd ...
... Henry the Eighth ; but in Wicliffe we have properly " er be to broke the silveren corde , " and so it is given by Chaucer . Sc . 2. p . 20 . PRO . Bore us some leagues to sea ; where they prepar ' A rotten carcass of a boat , not rigg'd ...
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... Henry the Seventh ) at the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth , probably be- cause it resembled in value the French coin above described ; so that shilling and teston were at that time synonymous terms . Although the teston ...
... Henry the Seventh ) at the beginning of the reign of Henry the Eighth , probably be- cause it resembled in value the French coin above described ; so that shilling and teston were at that time synonymous terms . Although the teston ...
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... Henry Spelman , who has as- serted in his glossary that the teston was reduced to nine - pence in the first year of King Edward , must be mistaken . Stowe more correctly informs us that on the 9th of July 1551 ( the fifth year the ...
... Henry Spelman , who has as- serted in his glossary that the teston was reduced to nine - pence in the first year of King Edward , must be mistaken . Stowe more correctly informs us that on the 9th of July 1551 ( the fifth year the ...
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... Henry the Second , remaining in manuscript but never print- ed . It appears from a passage in Ordericus Vitalis , p . 598 , that the metrical legends of Saints were sung by the Norman minstrels to the com- mon people . " Treis clers ...
... Henry the Second , remaining in manuscript but never print- ed . It appears from a passage in Ordericus Vitalis , p . 598 , that the metrical legends of Saints were sung by the Norman minstrels to the com- mon people . " Treis clers ...
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... Henry the Fourth , part the first , vol . viii . p . 418 , which , though erroneously con- ceived , would have been more properly intro- duced on the present occasion . Standing where it does , the worthy author is made responsible for ...
... Henry the Fourth , part the first , vol . viii . p . 418 , which , though erroneously con- ceived , would have been more properly intro- duced on the present occasion . Standing where it does , the worthy author is made responsible for ...
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