 ... or else by blind harpers, or such like taverne Minstrels, that give a. fit of mirth for a groat, . . . their matter being for the most part stories of old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam...  The Nic-Nac; or, oracle of knowledge - Side 71825Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Elizabeth Stone - 1841 - 446 sider
...most part stories of -old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell, and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances or historical rhimes." Though the character of the minstrel gradually lost respectability, yet for a considerable... | |
 | Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - 1841 - 424 sider
...most part stories of old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell, and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances or historical rhimes." Though the character of the minstrel gradually lost respectability, yet for a considerable... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1843 - 970 sider
...stories of old time, as the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy ofWarwicke, action, and there seizing by force the hapless victim of their charms. Nor was the evening passed by the parlour fire— side dissimilar in its pleasures; the harp of history... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1843 - 352 sider
...the most part stories of old time, as the Tale of Sir Thopas, the Reportes of Bevis* of Southampton, Adam Bell, and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances and historical rhymes, made on purpose for the recreation of the common people at Christinas dinners... | |
 | Thomas Gray, Norton Nicholls - 1843 - 360 sider
...the most part stories of old time, as the Tale of Sir Thopas, the Reportes of Bevis* of Southampton, Adam Bell, and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances and historical rhymes, made on purpose for the recreation of the common people at Christmas dinners... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 sider
...old time, as the Tale of Sir Topns, the Reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell, Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances,...common people at Christmasse dinners and bride-ales, and in tavernes and ale-houses, and such other places of base resort." The following is from Vernon's... | |
 | John Mathew Gutch - 1850 - 454 sider
...the most part stories of old time, as the Tale of Sir Toptu, the Reportes of Bevis of Southampton, and Clymme. of the Clough, and such other old romances, or historical rimes, made purposely for the recreation of the common people at Christmasse diners and bridals, and in tavernea and alehouses,... | |
 | 1851 - 362 sider
...the tale of Sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Hell and Clvmme of the Clough, and such other old romances or historical...made purposely for recreation of the common people at Christinas«e dinners and hrideales, and in tavernes and alehouses, and such other places of hase resorte."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 624 sider
...part stories of old time, as ' The Tale of Sir Topas,' ' Bevis of Southampton,' ' Guy of Warwick,' 'Adam Bell and Clymme of the Clough,' and such other old romances or historical rhymes, made purposely for the recreation of the common people."t A bold fellow, who is full of queer... | |
 | John Brand - 1854 - 560 sider
...as the Tale of Sir Topas, the Reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell, Clyrame of the Clough, and such other old romances, or historical...common people at Christmasse dinners and bride-ales, and in tavernos and ale-houses, and such other places of base resort." In Brooke's Epithalamium we... | |
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