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... occurs in Grafton's Chro- given ? Neither are these hymns ( teste Grosart ) nicle , vol . i . pt . vii . , where Leland is spoken of as in the Stonyhurst MS . - one written under South- " the excellent antiquary . " Here the meaning is ...
... occurs in Grafton's Chro- given ? Neither are these hymns ( teste Grosart ) nicle , vol . i . pt . vii . , where Leland is spoken of as in the Stonyhurst MS . - one written under South- " the excellent antiquary . " Here the meaning is ...
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... occur in the ballad , " The Clerk's Twa Sons o ' Owsenford , " in The Book of British Ballads , edited by S. C. Hall : — " The hallow days o ' Yule were come , And the nights were lang and mirk , When in and cam ' her ain twa sons , And ...
... occur in the ballad , " The Clerk's Twa Sons o ' Owsenford , " in The Book of British Ballads , edited by S. C. Hall : — " The hallow days o ' Yule were come , And the nights were lang and mirk , When in and cam ' her ain twa sons , And ...
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... occurs in Sir Walter's poem of Harold the Dauntless ( Canto I. st . xx . ) : - Years after years had gone and fled , The good old Prelate lies lapp'd in lead . " The word frequently occurs in The Anatomy of Melancholy , e . g ...
... occurs in Sir Walter's poem of Harold the Dauntless ( Canto I. st . xx . ) : - Years after years had gone and fled , The good old Prelate lies lapp'd in lead . " The word frequently occurs in The Anatomy of Melancholy , e . g ...
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... occurs in Miss Edgeworth's Madame de Fleury , ch . iii.:- " Clinging fast to the banisters , she resisted with all her might ; she kicked and screamed , and screamed and kicked ; but at last her feet were taken prisoners ; then ...
... occurs in Miss Edgeworth's Madame de Fleury , ch . iii.:- " Clinging fast to the banisters , she resisted with all her might ; she kicked and screamed , and screamed and kicked ; but at last her feet were taken prisoners ; then ...
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... occurs in Cotgrave , ed . 1611 , s . v . " Coiffé " : - " Il est né tout coiffé . Borne rich , honourable , fortunate ; borne with his mothers kercher about his head ; wrapt in his mothers smocke , say we , also , hee is verie maidenlie ...
... occurs in Cotgrave , ed . 1611 , s . v . " Coiffé " : - " Il est né tout coiffé . Borne rich , honourable , fortunate ; borne with his mothers kercher about his head ; wrapt in his mothers smocke , say we , also , hee is verie maidenlie ...
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