Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page ii
... friendship of Mr. Laughlin Maclane and Dr. Sleigh , who were then in the college , he was foon deli- vered out of the hands of the bailiff , and took his paffage on board a Dutch fhip to Rotterdam , where , after a fhort ftay , he ...
... friendship of Mr. Laughlin Maclane and Dr. Sleigh , who were then in the college , he was foon deli- vered out of the hands of the bailiff , and took his paffage on board a Dutch fhip to Rotterdam , where , after a fhort ftay , he ...
Page vii
... friendship for the gentleman who made it . NOTWITHSTANDING the great fuccefs of his pieces , by fome of which , it is afferted , upon good authority , he cleared 1800l . in one year , his circumftances were by no means in a profperous ...
... friendship for the gentleman who made it . NOTWITHSTANDING the great fuccefs of his pieces , by fome of which , it is afferted , upon good authority , he cleared 1800l . in one year , his circumftances were by no means in a profperous ...
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... friendship mixed with blifs : But , when a twelvemonth pafs ' away , Jack found his Goddess made of clay ; Found half the charms that decked her face , 35 Arofe from powder , fhreds , or lace ; But ftill the worft remain'd behind , That ...
... friendship mixed with blifs : But , when a twelvemonth pafs ' away , Jack found his Goddess made of clay ; Found half the charms that decked her face , 35 Arofe from powder , fhreds , or lace ; But ftill the worft remain'd behind , That ...
Page 12
... his ballad , or that I am obliged to his friendship and learning for communications of a much more important nature . I ain , SIR , Yours , & c . OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE HER MIT . A BALL A D. " TURN 12 LETTER RESPECTING THE HERMIT .
... his ballad , or that I am obliged to his friendship and learning for communications of a much more important nature . I ain , SIR , Yours , & c . OLIVER GOLDSMITH . THE HER MIT . A BALL A D. " TURN 12 LETTER RESPECTING THE HERMIT .
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... friendship unreturn'd , " Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings , " Are trifling and decay ; 65 70 " And those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name ...
... friendship unreturn'd , " Or unregarded love ? " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings , " Are trifling and decay ; 65 70 " And those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name ...
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