Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... mind was filled with the moft gloomy reflections in confequence of his embar- raffed fituation . He applied to feveral apothecaries in hopes of being received in the capacity of a journeyman , but his broad Irish accent , and the ...
... mind was filled with the moft gloomy reflections in confequence of his embar- raffed fituation . He applied to feveral apothecaries in hopes of being received in the capacity of a journeyman , but his broad Irish accent , and the ...
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... minds , -and thefe With harmless mirth the focial foul to please . Another's wce thy heart could always melt ; None gave more free , -for none more deeply felt . Sweet bard , adieu ! thy own harmonious lays Have fculptur'd out thy ...
... minds , -and thefe With harmless mirth the focial foul to please . Another's wce thy heart could always melt ; None gave more free , -for none more deeply felt . Sweet bard , adieu ! thy own harmonious lays Have fculptur'd out thy ...
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... 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 dreffed with modern grace , Half naked at a ball or race ; But when at ...
... 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 dreffed with modern grace , Half naked at a ball or race ; But when at ...
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... mind . " The dew , the bloffoms of the tree , " With charms inconftant fhine ; " Their charms were his , but wo to me , ( C " Their conftancy was mine , For ftill I try'd each fickle art , << Importunate and vain ; " And while his ...
... mind . " The dew , the bloffoms of the tree , " With charms inconftant fhine ; " Their charms were his , but wo to me , ( C " Their conftancy was mine , For ftill I try'd each fickle art , << Importunate and vain ; " And while his ...
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... ex- tremes of refinement , Painting and Mufic come in for a fhare . As thefe offer the feeble mind a lefs laborious entertainment , they at firft rival Poetry , and at length fupplant her ; they engrofs all that favour once fhewn TO THE.
... ex- tremes of refinement , Painting and Mufic come in for a fhare . As thefe offer the feeble mind a lefs laborious entertainment , they at firft rival Poetry , and at length fupplant her ; they engrofs all that favour once fhewn TO THE.
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