Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... ev'ry fhame , And cancel at three - score a life of fame ; * This tranflation was firft printed in one of our Author's earliest works , The prefent ftate of learning in Europe , 12mos 1759 . & No more my titles fhall children tell , my ...
... ev'ry fhame , And cancel at three - score a life of fame ; * This tranflation was firft printed in one of our Author's earliest works , The prefent ftate of learning in Europe , 12mos 1759 . & No more my titles fhall children tell , my ...
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... ev'ry vice fhe fhews Or thins her lip , or points her nose : Whenever rage or envy rife , 65 How wide her mouth , how wild her eyes ! He knows not how , but fo it is , Her face is grown a knowing phyz ; And , tho ' her fops are wondrous ...
... ev'ry vice fhe fhews Or thins her lip , or points her nose : Whenever rage or envy rife , 65 How wide her mouth , how wild her eyes ! He knows not how , but fo it is , Her face is grown a knowing phyz ; And , tho ' her fops are wondrous ...
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... ev❜n the captain quit the field . ; 85 90 Poor Madam now condemn'd to hack The reft of life with anxious Jack ... ev'ry day ; Serenely gay , and ftrict in duty , Jack finds his wife a perfect beauty . 95 100 A NEW SIMILE : IN THE MANNER ...
... ev❜n the captain quit the field . ; 85 90 Poor Madam now condemn'd to hack The reft of life with anxious Jack ... ev'ry day ; Serenely gay , and ftrict in duty , Jack finds his wife a perfect beauty . 95 100 A NEW SIMILE : IN THE MANNER ...
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... ry had a failing : Well ! what of that ? out with it - stealing ; In which all modern bards agree , Being each as great a thief as he : But ev'n this deity's existence , Shall lend my fimile assistance . Our modern bards ! why what a ...
... ry had a failing : Well ! what of that ? out with it - stealing ; In which all modern bards agree , Being each as great a thief as he : But ev'n this deity's existence , Shall lend my fimile assistance . Our modern bards ! why what a ...
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... ev'ry care refign : 150 " And fhall we never , never part , My life- -my all that's mine , " No , never , from this hour to part , 66 We'll live and love fo true , " The figh that rends thy conftant heart , 66 Shall break thy Edwin's ...
... ev'ry care refign : 150 " And fhall we never , never part , My life- -my all that's mine , " No , never , from this hour to part , 66 We'll live and love fo true , " The figh that rends thy conftant heart , 66 Shall break thy Edwin's ...
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