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... Village Scenes , and other poems , ' and of ' A general View of the Agriculture of the co . of Bedford . ' 8vo ; pp . viii and 165. London , 1809 . - Berkshire . The Unton Inventories relating to Wadley and Far- ingdon , in 1596 and ...
... Village Scenes , and other poems , ' and of ' A general View of the Agriculture of the co . of Bedford . ' 8vo ; pp . viii and 165. London , 1809 . - Berkshire . The Unton Inventories relating to Wadley and Far- ingdon , in 1596 and ...
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... village who could not point out those who had sate for his Cursty and his Peggy . The Amorous Maiden was well known and a very few years ago was still living . ' 6 with the Life of the Author , and a Pastoral Elegy on his Death . By ...
... village who could not point out those who had sate for his Cursty and his Peggy . The Amorous Maiden was well known and a very few years ago was still living . ' 6 with the Life of the Author , and a Pastoral Elegy on his Death . By ...
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... Village Club , ' ( the latter scarcely a Dialect production ) to Miss Gilpin . The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland , & c . , 2nd edition , 1st series , 1874. ( Full title previously given . ) This volume has a new portrait of Miss ...
... Village Club , ' ( the latter scarcely a Dialect production ) to Miss Gilpin . The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland , & c . , 2nd edition , 1st series , 1874. ( Full title previously given . ) This volume has a new portrait of Miss ...
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... Village Life . Eawr Polly . By Jim Steadmon Hisel ' . [ W. MILLAR . ] Blackburn . Broadside . Fashionable Wife . [ By M. R. LAHEE . ] Anonymous . FERGUSON ( J. A. ) . Dick Mouldywarp's Bringing up , Courtship , an ' Weddin ' . By the ...
... Village Life . Eawr Polly . By Jim Steadmon Hisel ' . [ W. MILLAR . ] Blackburn . Broadside . Fashionable Wife . [ By M. R. LAHEE . ] Anonymous . FERGUSON ( J. A. ) . Dick Mouldywarp's Bringing up , Courtship , an ' Weddin ' . By the ...
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... Village Parson ; Eawr Jack's Weddin , and probably others . KERSHAW ( TOM ) . Bits o ' Rhyme . No. 1 : Th ' Owd Chap and his Betty . - No . 2 : Isaac an ' Jenny . - No . 3 : Joey Green . Manchester . 8vo . 1d . each . Bits o ' Skits i ...
... Village Parson ; Eawr Jack's Weddin , and probably others . KERSHAW ( TOM ) . Bits o ' Rhyme . No. 1 : Th ' Owd Chap and his Betty . - No . 2 : Isaac an ' Jenny . - No . 3 : Joey Green . Manchester . 8vo . 1d . each . Bits o ' Skits i ...
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