Shakspere: His Times and ContemporariesG. Kershaw and son, 1852 - 224 pages |
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... Mary and the pro- testant Elizabeth derived pleasure from the baiting of bulls and bears ; and many a fair lady of that day might say with Slender , in the " Merry Wives of Windsor , " . " I have seen Sackerson loose twenty times ...
... Mary and the pro- testant Elizabeth derived pleasure from the baiting of bulls and bears ; and many a fair lady of that day might say with Slender , in the " Merry Wives of Windsor , " . " I have seen Sackerson loose twenty times ...
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... Mary the youngest daughter of Robert Arden , a gentleman - farmer , who by his will , made Novem- ber 24th , 1556 , bequeathed to her all his " land in Will- mecote , called Asbyes , and the crop upon the ground , " and the sum of six ...
... Mary the youngest daughter of Robert Arden , a gentleman - farmer , who by his will , made Novem- ber 24th , 1556 , bequeathed to her all his " land in Will- mecote , called Asbyes , and the crop upon the ground , " and the sum of six ...
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... Mary Arden's property has been computed to be worth some hundred and ten pounds of the money of her time . Let not the luxurious habits of the present age lead us to smile at such a fortune . All the worldly goods ( except his lands ) ...
... Mary Arden's property has been computed to be worth some hundred and ten pounds of the money of her time . Let not the luxurious habits of the present age lead us to smile at such a fortune . All the worldly goods ( except his lands ) ...
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... Mary Shakspere would tremblingly kiss her sleeping babe , as the deep toll of the passing - bell daily smote upon her ear , announcing to all that " Another soul from earth had fled , Another body with the dead Beneath the sod was ...
... Mary Shakspere would tremblingly kiss her sleeping babe , as the deep toll of the passing - bell daily smote upon her ear , announcing to all that " Another soul from earth had fled , Another body with the dead Beneath the sod was ...
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... Mary Queen of Scots , now creates him Earl of Leicester , and grants him the castle and manor of Kenilworth , in ... Mary was by no means agreeable to him ; and he always ascribed it to the contrivance of Cecil , his enemy ; who , he ...
... Mary Queen of Scots , now creates him Earl of Leicester , and grants him the castle and manor of Kenilworth , in ... Mary was by no means agreeable to him ; and he always ascribed it to the contrivance of Cecil , his enemy ; who , he ...
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