Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 468
ttle John, And Scalock^*^ he shall be. 8. Cousin had formerly a broader meaning than it has to-day.Here it means, as the last line of the stanza shows, nephew. 9. Mo is used instead of more, for tlie sake of rhyme. 10. Scalock, or Scathlock, means scarlet. The name is given tothe stranger because… … ROBIN HOOD AND THE WIDOW Now Robin is to Nottingham gone, With a link, a down, and a day.And there he met a silly^ old woman, Was weeping on the way. 1. Silhf here expresses a combination of simplicity and virtue. 450 Robin Hood What news? what news? thou silly old woman, What news hast thou for…
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