English and Scotch Historical BalladsArthur Milman |
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... given the first impulse to such a study of English history as has in after years been fruitful , it may be of laborious and useful research , at any rate of intelligent and pleasure- able pursuits . But as few things cling more closely ...
... given the first impulse to such a study of English history as has in after years been fruitful , it may be of laborious and useful research , at any rate of intelligent and pleasure- able pursuits . But as few things cling more closely ...
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... given over body and soul to the demons of the air . All the Jews in the kingdom were declared guilty of the crime . Eighteen of the richest and most eminent in Lincoln were hung on the gallows , twenty more were impri- soned and ...
... given over body and soul to the demons of the air . All the Jews in the kingdom were declared guilty of the crime . Eighteen of the richest and most eminent in Lincoln were hung on the gallows , twenty more were impri- soned and ...
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... given . The second ballad is of much later com- position . 9. Robyn stode in Barnysdale . ] Bernysdale or Barnsdale , a district in the south of Yorkshire , and one of the favourite haunts of Robin Hood . It lies on the great north road ...
... given . The second ballad is of much later com- position . 9. Robyn stode in Barnysdale . ] Bernysdale or Barnsdale , a district in the south of Yorkshire , and one of the favourite haunts of Robin Hood . It lies on the great north road ...
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... given to them by Alan , Earl of Richmond , and was occupied by the fraternity in the first instance as their monastery . They afterwards moved to the present site ; and the abbey , it is said , by the express command of the king , was ...
... given to them by Alan , Earl of Richmond , and was occupied by the fraternity in the first instance as their monastery . They afterwards moved to the present site ; and the abbey , it is said , by the express command of the king , was ...
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... spite of the king's presence , were clandestine , and when the secret of them was made ' known it raised a storm of indignation . That a daughter F of England should be given away without their approval was SIMON DE MONTFORT.
... spite of the king's presence , were clandestine , and when the secret of them was made ' known it raised a storm of indignation . That a daughter F of England should be given away without their approval was SIMON DE MONTFORT.
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