10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEPDAME»
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stepdame in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stepdame and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Stepdame Outwitted...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
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Jack in Two Worlds: Contemporary North American Tales and ...
Because so many recent editors have attempted to sell Jack exclusively to
children, obscene and scatological elements of his tradition have long been
suppressed. Yet "Jack and His Stepdame" testifies that Jack's name has figured
in off-color ...
William Bernard McCarthy, Cheryl Oxford, Joseph Daniel Sobol, 1994
3
The works of Virgil, closely rendered into Engl. rhythm and ...
Aught taken from the herd to stake with thee I could not venture: for I have at
home A sire, I have a rigorous stepdame ; And twice a day do they both reckon o'
er The flock, and one of them the kids. But that, Which thou thyself far costlier wilt
...
Publius Vergilius Maro, 1855
4
Mirror for magistrates: in five parts
Flye, flye, (quoth hee) thy stepdame' seekes for thee, My woefull childe : what
flight maist thou to take, My Sabrine poore, I must thee needes forsake. 5 “ See
here mine end, behold thy father's fall, Fly hence, thy stepdame seekes thy
staylesse ...
William Baldwin, John Higgins, Richard Niccols, 1815
5
An essay on the life and writings of Edmund Spencer
Hippol^tusjijoll^Jiuntanan was, Thai wont in charett chace the foming bore : He
all his peeres in beauty did surp&s ; But ladies love, as losse of time, forbore : His
wanton stepdame loved him the more ; But, when she saw her offred sweets ...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, Philip Masterman, 1845
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Poetical Works ...: Account of the author's life, etc.- The ...
Hippolytus a iolly huntsman was, That wont in charett chace the foming bore : He
all his peeres in beauty did surpas ; But ladies love, as losse of time, forbore : His
wanton stepdame loved him the more ; But, when she saw her offred sweets ...
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The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rendered Into ...
Whom Gentiles Ammon call, and Libyan jove, Hid Amalthea, and her florid son
Young Bacchus, from his stepdame Rhea's eye; Nor where Abassm kings their
issue gnard, 2 80 Mount Amara, though this by some suppos'd True Paradise
under ...
John Milton, James BUCHANAN (Grammarian.), 1773
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Reliques of ancient English peotry: consisting of old heroic ...
When Gake had that money bent, Anon homard he went, Glad sherof was he ; He
waxed a wordeley marehande, A man of gret degre. lies stepdame, y dar say,
Dorst neuer after that day, Nat wonley ones desplese. They lowyd togedyr all thre
, ...
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Essay on the life and writings of Edmund Spencer [by Philip ...
\His wanton stepdame loved him the more ; {-f . But,' when she saw her ofl'red
sweets refusd, '., 1 '3 Her love she turnd to hate, and him before , , .,_ ' His fatlE-
frereeohreason false accusd, \5 '' \~\. And with her gealous' termeshis open eares
...
Edmund Spenser, George Stillman Hillard, 1842
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Illustrations of Euripides, on the Ion and the Bacchae...on ...
Richard Paul Jodrell. N' XXI, Verso. 'E%,0p« yùç r] 'ttiSctcc juij/fwos tskvoiç For to
the offspring of a former bed 314. A Stepdame cqmes fliarp as a Serpents tooth.
The Manners of the Ancients are strongly marked by the opinions they ...
Richard Paul Jodrell, 1789
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEPDAME»
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stepdame is used in the context of the following news items.
The Hound of Heaven
Nature, poor stepdame, cannot slake my drouth; let her, if she would [own] me, drop yon blue bosom-veil of sky, and show me the breasts o' her tenderness: ... «Patriot Post, Apr 14»
Jack the Giant Slayer: Some Folklore Background
In this story, "Jack and His Stepdame," Jack is a farmer's son whose stepmother wants to send him into indentured servitude. Jack's father compromises by ... «Huffington Post, Mar 13»
