Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... house towards night - fall , ' he used to fay , I played one of my moft merry tunes , and that generally procured me not only a lodging , but fubfift- ence for the next day : but in truth ' ( his conftant expref- fion ) I must own ...
... house towards night - fall , ' he used to fay , I played one of my moft merry tunes , and that generally procured me not only a lodging , but fubfift- ence for the next day : but in truth ' ( his conftant expref- fion ) I must own ...
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... house was known to all the vagrant train , 145 He chid their wand'rings , but reliev'd their pain , 150 The long remember'd beggar was his gueft , Whose beard defcending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift , now no longer ...
... house was known to all the vagrant train , 145 He chid their wand'rings , but reliev'd their pain , 150 The long remember'd beggar was his gueft , Whose beard defcending swept his aged breast ; The ruin'd spendthrift , now no longer ...
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... house where nut - brown draughts infpir'd , Where grey - beard mirth and fmiling toil retir'd , Where village ftatefmen talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly ftoops to trace The ...
... house where nut - brown draughts infpir'd , Where grey - beard mirth and fmiling toil retir'd , Where village ftatefmen talk'd with looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly ftoops to trace The ...
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... houses , where things are so so , One 5 10 gammon of bacon hangs up for a show : But , for eating a rafher of what they take pride in , They'd as foon think of eating the pan it is try'd in . But hold let me pause - don't I hear you ...
... houses , where things are so so , One 5 10 gammon of bacon hangs up for a show : But , for eating a rafher of what they take pride in , They'd as foon think of eating the pan it is try'd in . But hold let me pause - don't I hear you ...
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... to be kind - but I hate oftentation . If that be the cafe then , cried he very gay , I'm glad I've taken this house in my way . Lord Clare's nephew . 40 45 To - morrow you take a poor dinner with me 62 VENISON . HAUNCH O F.
... to be kind - but I hate oftentation . If that be the cafe then , cried he very gay , I'm glad I've taken this house in my way . Lord Clare's nephew . 40 45 To - morrow you take a poor dinner with me 62 VENISON . HAUNCH O F.
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