Excerpt: ...sword is poisoned. It's a well-tempered Waidover, that sword of his." With such village-warriors, no wonder that the parties did not always end cheerfully. With a resemblance to modern slang Neidhart tells how they threaten to put sunshine through each other. The lively episode of a quarrel over a rural gallant's presenting a young lady with a piece of ginger, Neidhart says he cannot describe in full, for he came away. But "each began screaming to his friends; one called loudly: 'Help, gossip Wezerant.' He must ...
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Excerpt: ...sword is poisoned. It's a well-tempered Waidover, that sword of his." With such village-warriors, no wonder that the parties did not always end cheerfully. With a resemblance to modern slang Neidhart tells how they threaten to put sunshine through each other. The lively episode of a quarrel over a rural gallant's presenting a young lady with a piece of ginger, Neidhart says he cannot describe in full, for he came away. But "each began screaming to his friends; one called loudly: 'Help, gossip Wezerant.' He must have been in great difficulty to scream so for help. I heard Hildebolt's sister shriek: 'Oh, my brother, my brother!'" 94 Another dance ends with a milder disagreement. "Ruoprecht found an egg
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Add this copy of Studies in Mediaeval Life and Literature to cart. $10.00, good condition, Sold by James Cummings Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Signal Mountain, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1894 by Putnams.
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Very Good. First edition. Small octavo, bound in green cloth with gilt lettering. A bit darkened along the spine, previous owner's name and date (1894) in pencil on front free endpaper, else very good. Binding is solid.; 188 pages.
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