Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... 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 , whenever I ...
... 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 , whenever I ...
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... night ? Need we intrude on hallow'd ground , Or draw the curtains clos'd around ? Let it fuffice , that each had charms ; He clafp'd a Goddess in his arms ; And , though she felt his ufage rough , Yet in a man ' twas well enough . The ...
... night ? Need we intrude on hallow'd ground , Or draw the curtains clos'd around ? Let it fuffice , that each had charms ; He clafp'd a Goddess in his arms ; And , though she felt his ufage rough , Yet in a man ' twas well enough . The ...
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... night , ' twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting . Fond to be feen , fhe kept a bevy , 50 Of powder'd coxcombs at her levy ; The ' fquire and captain took their flations , 55 And twenty other near relations ; Jack ...
... night , ' twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting . Fond to be feen , fhe kept a bevy , 50 Of powder'd coxcombs at her levy ; The ' fquire and captain took their flations , 55 And twenty other near relations ; Jack ...
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... night cap deck'd his brows instead of bay ; A cap by night - a ftocking all the day ! THE FOLLOWING LE T T E R , ADDRESSED то 10 AN AUTHOR'S BED - CHAMBER . Defcription of an Author's Bed-Chamber.
... night cap deck'd his brows instead of bay ; A cap by night - a ftocking all the day ! THE FOLLOWING LE T T E R , ADDRESSED то 10 AN AUTHOR'S BED - CHAMBER . Defcription of an Author's Bed-Chamber.
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... it with good will , " Then turn to - night , and freely share " Whate'er my cell beftows ; My.rufhy couch and frugal fare , " My bleffing and repose . 5 10 20 " No flocks that range the valley free , " [ 13 ] The Hermit, a Ballad.
... it with good will , " Then turn to - night , and freely share " Whate'er my cell beftows ; My.rufhy couch and frugal fare , " My bleffing and repose . 5 10 20 " No flocks that range the valley free , " [ 13 ] The Hermit, a Ballad.
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