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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... original and unique production will alone rescue his memory from oblivion . It is a faceti- ous poem , which in doggerel Latin and English rhymes , placed in opposite columns , contains the itinerary of an inveterate tippler through the ...
... original and unique production will alone rescue his memory from oblivion . It is a faceti- ous poem , which in doggerel Latin and English rhymes , placed in opposite columns , contains the itinerary of an inveterate tippler through the ...
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... original . We find the whole circumstances of the narrative in the marvellous account of the " seven men who sleep , and long have slept , in a den , under a cliff of ocean , in the uttermost parts of Germany , where there is snow all ...
... original . We find the whole circumstances of the narrative in the marvellous account of the " seven men who sleep , and long have slept , in a den , under a cliff of ocean , in the uttermost parts of Germany , where there is snow all ...
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... original draft of the story , pro- vided they claim no monopoly . The legend has been well pourtrayed . “ In the cavern under the hazel tree on Craigy Dinas , king Arthur and all his knights are lying asleep in a circle ; their heads ...
... original draft of the story , pro- vided they claim no monopoly . The legend has been well pourtrayed . “ In the cavern under the hazel tree on Craigy Dinas , king Arthur and all his knights are lying asleep in a circle ; their heads ...
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... original , but its verity is not the less to be depended upon . A shepherd one day , in quest of a strayed sheep , on the crags , suddenly had his attention aroused , by the scene around him assuming an appearance he had never before ...
... original , but its verity is not the less to be depended upon . A shepherd one day , in quest of a strayed sheep , on the crags , suddenly had his attention aroused , by the scene around him assuming an appearance he had never before ...
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... original . Jamieson makes as much fun of " Lay the bent , " as Cruickshank does of " Lord Bateman ; " ex gr . he thinks , if the lady who answered the questions , had lived in later times , she would have made a distin- guished figure ...
... original . Jamieson makes as much fun of " Lay the bent , " as Cruickshank does of " Lord Bateman ; " ex gr . he thinks , if the lady who answered the questions , had lived in later times , she would have made a distin- guished figure ...
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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...