The local historian's table book, of remarkable occurrences, historical facts, traditions, legendary and descriptive ballads [&c.] connected with the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham. Legendary division, Volumen 2 |
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... fell to the ground . " " The king craved his name , " I am John of the dale , A mender of kettles , a lover of ale " " Rise up Sir John , great honour thou'st wear , I make thee a knight of three thousand a year . " Sir John of the dale ...
... fell to the ground . " " The king craved his name , " I am John of the dale , A mender of kettles , a lover of ale " " Rise up Sir John , great honour thou'st wear , I make thee a knight of three thousand a year . " Sir John of the dale ...
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... Fell he was met by a person whom he recognized as the owner of the oxen he had stolen . The honest farmer it appeared had not the slightest knowledge of his real character , enquired if he had seen a yoke of oxen in his travels ...
... Fell he was met by a person whom he recognized as the owner of the oxen he had stolen . The honest farmer it appeared had not the slightest knowledge of his real character , enquired if he had seen a yoke of oxen in his travels ...
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... fell upon a day , She heard young Beichan sadly sing , [ And aye and ever in her ears , The tones of hapless sorrow ring . " ] 1 Jamieson's copy reads - In every shoulder they've putten a bore ; In every bore they've putten a tree ; I ...
... fell upon a day , She heard young Beichan sadly sing , [ And aye and ever in her ears , The tones of hapless sorrow ring . " ] 1 Jamieson's copy reads - In every shoulder they've putten a bore ; In every bore they've putten a tree ; I ...
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... fell on his bended knee . " What aileth thee , my proud porter , Thou art so full of courtesie . " I've been porter at your gates- Its thirty long years now and three , But there stands a ladye at them now , The like of her I ne'er did ...
... fell on his bended knee . " What aileth thee , my proud porter , Thou art so full of courtesie . " I've been porter at your gates- Its thirty long years now and three , But there stands a ladye at them now , The like of her I ne'er did ...
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... fell , and ran downwards through a rush of briars and nettles , as he supposed , into a deep subterranean passage . Full in the faith , that the entrance into king Arthur's hall was now discovered , he cleared The picture which the ...
... fell , and ran downwards through a rush of briars and nettles , as he supposed , into a deep subterranean passage . Full in the faith , that the entrance into king Arthur's hall was now discovered , he cleared The picture which the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
afterwards Alnwick amongst ancient appear ballad Barnard Castle barons battle beautiful became bishop bishop of Durham Border Border Ballad brother called castle church copy Cuthbert daughter death descendants died duke Durham Earl of Northumberland earl of Westmoreland Earldom Edward England English fair fairy father fell friends grey hand hath heart heiress Henry Henry VI Hexham honour horse house of Lancaster John Danvers Johnie Johnie Scot Keeldar King lady Lancaster land Latimer Lay &c legend letter Lord Beichan lord Nevill Lumley Castle marriage married mother ne'er neighbours never Nevill Newcastle night noble North Northumbrian o'er Parcy Reed Percy's poet poor possessions prince Queen Raby reign residence Richard Robert round Saint sayde scene Scotland Scots Scottish shew Sir John song Stokoe Surtees sword thee thou Tyne unto verse wife Woodhorn young young Beichan
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Página 267 - He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens.
Página 112 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends...
Página 413 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found. Among the faithless faithful only he : Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example with him wrought To 'swerve from truth, or change his constant mind Though single.
Página 295 - Let him, that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. Som. Let him that is no coward, nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Página 290 - Old men that knowen the grownde well yenoughe, Call it the Battell of Otterburn. At Otterburn began this spurne Uppon a monnyn day: Ther was the dougghte Doglas slean, The Perse never went away.
Página 213 - If New Year's Eve night-wind blow south, It betokeneth warmth and growth ; If west, much milk, and fish in the sea ; If north, much cold and storms there will be ; If east, the trees will bear much fruit ; If north-east, flee it man and brute."] NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Página 306 - A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. Mark but my fall and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels; how can man then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it?
Página 160 - ... he comes flounce into bed, dead as a salmon into a fishmonger's basket; his feet cold as ice, his breath hot as a furnace, and his hands and his face as greasy as his flannel night-cap.
Página 42 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?
Página 22 - IN London was young Beichan born, He longed strange countries for to see ; But he was taen by a savage moor, Who handled him right cruellie ; For he viewed the fashions of that land ; • Their way of worship viewed he ; But to Mahound, or Termagant, "Would Beichan never bend a knee. So...