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... appears , from his Book of Pay- ments , to have taken him into his service as a player on the virginal ; and gratuities from both the princesses are to be found amongst the items of the royal expenditure . In addi- tion to his wit and ...
... appears , from his Book of Pay- ments , to have taken him into his service as a player on the virginal ; and gratuities from both the princesses are to be found amongst the items of the royal expenditure . In addi- tion to his wit and ...
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Robert Bell. tion to his wit and his music , he appears also to have had some talent as an actor , and to have presented an interlude at court ( written no doubt by himself ) , played , according to the fashion then prevalent , by ...
Robert Bell. tion to his wit and his music , he appears also to have had some talent as an actor , and to have presented an interlude at court ( written no doubt by himself ) , played , according to the fashion then prevalent , by ...
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... appear , What for all this , if all this gear Lack this welcome ? This cheer , lo ! is not worth one rush , For welcome is the best dish ! Where welcome is , though fare be small , Yet honest hearts be pleased withal ; When welcome want ...
... appear , What for all this , if all this gear Lack this welcome ? This cheer , lo ! is not worth one rush , For welcome is the best dish ! Where welcome is , though fare be small , Yet honest hearts be pleased withal ; When welcome want ...
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... appears at this time to have entered the service of the Earl of Oxford , as one of his players , and to have been concerned as an evidence against the Roman Catholic priests who were executed at Tyburn in 1581. Not long afterwards he ...
... appears at this time to have entered the service of the Earl of Oxford , as one of his players , and to have been concerned as an evidence against the Roman Catholic priests who were executed at Tyburn in 1581. Not long afterwards he ...
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... appears from a passage in the prologue , noticed by Mr. Collier , to have been acted by itinerant players at country fairs , the spectators bestowing ' half - pence or pence ' as they thought fit , upon the performers . Another passage ...
... appears from a passage in the prologue , noticed by Mr. Collier , to have been acted by itinerant players at country fairs , the spectators bestowing ' half - pence or pence ' as they thought fit , upon the performers . Another passage ...
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Page 101 - FEAR no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages; Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o...
Page 202 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Page 90 - It was a lover and his lass, With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino, That o'er the green corn-field did pass In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding: Sweet lovers love the spring.
Page 217 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 141 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. seal'd in vain.
Page 79 - Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby; Lulla, lulla, lullaby ; lulla, lulla, lullaby ; Never harm, nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh; So, good night, with lullaby.
Page 92 - When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh ! the sweet birds, O, how they sing! Doth set my pugging tooth on edge ; For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. The lark, that...
Page 94 - Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark! now I hear them, — ding-dong, bell.
Page 98 - He is dead and gone, lady, He is dead and gone, At his head a grass-green turf, At his heels a stone.
Page 85 - When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain; A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day.