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The maiden's bloody garland; or, High-street tragedy

The maiden's bloody garland; or, High-street tragedy1767

Warton, Thomas, Robert Thorp

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The maiden's bloody garland: or, High-Street tragedy: shewing how Sarah Holly, a poor unfortunate serving maid of the city of Oxford, being wronged by her sweetheart, cut her throat from ear to ear, was next morning found dead in her bed, and afterwards buried in the King's highway. Tune, There were three pilgrims., Thomas Warton. The maiden's bloody garland: or, High-Street tragedy: shewing how Sarah Holly, a poor unfortunate serving maid of the city of Oxford, being wronged by her sweetheart, cut her throat from ear to ear, was next morning found dead in her bed, and afterwards buried in the King's highway. Tune, There were three pilgrims. Warton, Thomas, 1728-1790. 1 sheet : ill. ; 1/2⁰. [London?, 1767?] Anonymous. By Thomas Warton. Verse - "A mournful ditty I will tell". Reproduction of original from the Harvard University Houghton Library. English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN3888. Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).

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1767
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