raree show

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Such thoughts, steady our faith; yet there will rise Some natural tears into the calmest eyes— Which gaze where forest princes haughty go, Made for a gaping crowd a raree show.

From Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 by Fuller, Margaret

Help Cooper, Hughs, and Snow, with a hey, with a hey, To pull down raree show, with a ho: So, so, the gyant's down, Let's masters out of pound, With a hey, &c.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

That monstrous foul beast, with a hey, with a hey, Has houses twain in's chest, with a ho; O Cowper, Hughes, and Snow, Stop thief with raree show, With a hey, &c.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

"Am I a raree show to be peeped at and watched and spied upon?"

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

What's past is not to come, with a hey, with a hey, Now safe is David's bum, with a ho; Then hey for Oxford ho, Strong government, raree show, With a hey, &c.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir