Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... , and fome new verfes added , as it paffed through different editions . - We have printed from the ninth , which was the last edition published in the lifetime of the author . But me , not deftin'd fuch delights to fhare , [ 25 ]
... , and fome new verfes added , as it paffed through different editions . - We have printed from the ninth , which was the last edition published in the lifetime of the author . But me , not deftin'd fuch delights to fhare , [ 25 ]
Page 54
... last , And took a long farewel , and wifh'd in vain For feats like thefe beyond the western main ; And fhudd'ring ftill to face the diftant deep , Return'd and wept , and still return'd to weep . The good old fire , the firft prepar'd ...
... last , And took a long farewel , and wifh'd in vain For feats like thefe beyond the western main ; And fhudd'ring ftill to face the diftant deep , Return'd and wept , and still return'd to weep . The good old fire , the firft prepar'd ...
Page 70
... last ? Here waiter , more wine , let me fit while I'm able , Till all my companions fink under the table ; Then , with chaos and blunders encircling my head , Let me ponder , and tell what I think of the dead . 20 Here lies the good ...
... last ? Here waiter , more wine , let me fit while I'm able , Till all my companions fink under the table ; Then , with chaos and blunders encircling my head , Let me ponder , and tell what I think of the dead . 20 Here lies the good ...
Page 83
... last age , and ftrove to imitate them . The term , genteel comedy , was then unknown amongst us , and lit- tle more was defired by an audience , than nature and humour , in whatever walks of life they were not con- fpicuous . The author ...
... last age , and ftrove to imitate them . The term , genteel comedy , was then unknown amongst us , and lit- tle more was defired by an audience , than nature and humour , in whatever walks of life they were not con- fpicuous . The author ...
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... last week he went fecurity for a fellow whose face he fcarce knew , and that he called an act of exalted mu - mu - munificence ; ay , that was the name he gave it . Sir Wil . And upon that I proceed , as my last effort , tho ' with very ...
... last week he went fecurity for a fellow whose face he fcarce knew , and that he called an act of exalted mu - mu - munificence ; ay , that was the name he gave it . Sir Wil . And upon that I proceed , as my last effort , tho ' with very ...
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