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... sing . But when , after many excuses , I protested unfainedly that I could not , every one began to wonder . Yea , some whispered to others , demanding how I was brought up . " When one of the actors in a play at the Globe paused in his ...
... sing . But when , after many excuses , I protested unfainedly that I could not , every one began to wonder . Yea , some whispered to others , demanding how I was brought up . " When one of the actors in a play at the Globe paused in his ...
Page 144
... sing as they are on their way to be hanged : - Three merry boys , and three merry boys And three merry boys are we , As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallows tree . There is no lack of good songs in the plays of Shake ...
... sing as they are on their way to be hanged : - Three merry boys , and three merry boys And three merry boys are we , As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallows tree . There is no lack of good songs in the plays of Shake ...
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... singing weavers , " the laborers , the petty trades- men ; but it was not long before they found support in It is ... sing psalms or anything . " Puritan psalm - singing was a favorite jest among the playwrights . Says the Clown in ...
... singing weavers , " the laborers , the petty trades- men ; but it was not long before they found support in It is ... sing psalms or anything . " Puritan psalm - singing was a favorite jest among the playwrights . Says the Clown in ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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