Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... defire The rufty grate unconscious of a fire : With beer and milk arrears , the frieze was scor'd , And five crack'd tea cups drefs'd the chimney board ; A night cap deck'd his brows instead of bay ; A cap by night - a ftocking all the ...
... defire The rufty grate unconscious of a fire : With beer and milk arrears , the frieze was scor'd , And five crack'd tea cups drefs'd the chimney board ; A night cap deck'd his brows instead of bay ; A cap by night - a ftocking all the ...
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... defire , and then fupplies ; Unknown to them , when fenfual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid paufe with finer joy ; Unknown those pow'rs that raise the foul to flame , Catch ev'ry nerve , and vibrate through the frame . 220 Their ...
... defire , and then fupplies ; Unknown to them , when fenfual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid paufe with finer joy ; Unknown those pow'rs that raise the foul to flame , Catch ev'ry nerve , and vibrate through the frame . 220 Their ...
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... defire And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou tranfitory flow'r , alike undone By proud contempt , or favour's foft'ring fun , Still may thy blooms the changeful clime endure ...
... defire And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble's rage , and tyrant's angry steel ; Thou tranfitory flow'r , alike undone By proud contempt , or favour's foft'ring fun , Still may thy blooms the changeful clime endure ...
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... defires that afked but little rooin ; 60 65 70 Those healthful sports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look , and brighten'd all the green ; Thefe , far departing , feek a kinder fhore , And rural mirth and manners are no ...
... defires that afked but little rooin ; 60 65 70 Those healthful sports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look , and brighten'd all the green ; Thefe , far departing , feek a kinder fhore , And rural mirth and manners are no ...
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... defire of making the deserving happy . Jar . What it arises from , I don't know . But , to be fure , every body has it , that afks it . Sir Wil . Ay , or that does not afk it . I have been now for fome time a concealed fpectator of his ...
... defire of making the deserving happy . Jar . What it arises from , I don't know . But , to be fure , every body has it , that afks it . Sir Wil . Ay , or that does not afk it . I have been now for fome time a concealed fpectator of his ...
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