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Whenever I approached a peasant's 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 fubfiftence for the next day but in truth ' ( his conftant ...
Whenever I approached a peasant's 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 fubfiftence for the next day but in truth ' ( his conftant ...
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His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wand'rings , but reliev'd their pain , 150 The long remember'd beggar was his guest , Whose beard defcending fwept his aged breaft ; The ruin'd spendthrift , now no longer ...
His house was known to all the vagrant train , He chid their wand'rings , but reliev'd their pain , 150 The long remember'd beggar was his guest , Whose beard defcending fwept his aged breaft ; The ruin'd spendthrift , now no longer ...
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Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high , Where once the fign - poft caught the passing eye , Low lies that house where nut - brown draughts infpir'd , Where grey - beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd , Where village statesmen ...
Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high , Where once the fign - poft caught the passing eye , Low lies that house where nut - brown draughts infpir'd , Where grey - beard mirth and smiling toil retir'd , Where village statesmen ...
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If that be the case then , cried he very gay , I'm glad I've taken this house in my way . * Lord Clare's nephew . 20 45 dinner with me ; To - morrow you take a 62 OF HAUNCH VENISON .
If that be the case then , cried he very gay , I'm glad I've taken this house in my way . * Lord Clare's nephew . 20 45 dinner with me ; To - morrow you take a 62 OF HAUNCH VENISON .
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... just fresh from the plains ; 5 Our Burke fhall be tongue , with a garnish of brains ; The master of the St. James's coffee - house , where the doctor , and the friends he has characterized in this poem , occafion ally dined .
... just fresh from the plains ; 5 Our Burke fhall be tongue , with a garnish of brains ; The master of the St. James's coffee - house , where the doctor , and the friends he has characterized in this poem , occafion ally dined .
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| Title | Poems and Plays |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Messrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 274 pages |
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