Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... ftill the worft remain'd behind , That very face had robbed her mind . Skill'd in no other arts was fhe , But dreffing , patching , repartee ; And , juft as humour rofe or feel , 40 By turns a flattern or a belle : ' Tis true fhe ...
... ftill the worft remain'd behind , That very face had robbed her mind . Skill'd in no other arts was fhe , But dreffing , patching , repartee ; And , juft as humour rofe or feel , 40 By turns a flattern or a belle : ' Tis true fhe ...
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... ftill to keep , Alike too , both conduce to fleep . This diff'rence only , as the God Drove fouls to Tart'rus with his red , With his goofequill the fcribbling elf nftead of others , damns himself . 25 30 35 40 45 50 And here my fimile ...
... ftill to keep , Alike too , both conduce to fleep . This diff'rence only , as the God Drove fouls to Tart'rus with his red , With his goofequill the fcribbling elf nftead of others , damns himself . 25 30 35 40 45 50 And here my fimile ...
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... ftill . I faid , I was told by the bookfeller that it was then first published ; but in that , it feems , I was mifinformed , and my reading was not extenfive enough to fet me right . Another correfpondent of yours accufes me of having ...
... ftill . I faid , I was told by the bookfeller that it was then first published ; but in that , it feems , I was mifinformed , and my reading was not extenfive enough to fet me right . Another correfpondent of yours accufes me of having ...
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... ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame , 75 " And leaves the wretch to weep C ? " And love is still an emptier found , " THE 15 HERMIT .
... ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame , 75 " And leaves the wretch to weep C ? " And love is still an emptier found , " THE 15 HERMIT .
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... ftill I try'd each fickle art , << Importunate and vain ; " And while his paffion touch'd my heart , " I triumph'd in his pain . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , " He left me to my pride ; " And fought a folitude forlorn , " In ...
... ftill I try'd each fickle art , << Importunate and vain ; " And while his paffion touch'd my heart , " I triumph'd in his pain . " Till quite dejected with my scorn , " He left me to my pride ; " And fought a folitude forlorn , " In ...
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