Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page iii
... perfons of a higher rank , they always thought my per- formance odious , and never made me any return for endeavours to please them . ' my On his arrival at Geneva , he was recommended as a proper perfon for a travelling tutor to a ...
... perfons of a higher rank , they always thought my per- formance odious , and never made me any return for endeavours to please them . ' my On his arrival at Geneva , he was recommended as a proper perfon for a travelling tutor to a ...
Page 7
... perfon ever neatly clean : No more prefuming on her sway She learns good nature ev'ry day ; Serenely gay , and ftrict in duty , Jack finds his wife a perfect beauty . 95 100 A NEW SIMILE : IN THE MANNER OF SWIFT . THE DOUBLE ...
... perfon ever neatly clean : No more prefuming on her sway She learns good nature ev'ry day ; Serenely gay , and ftrict in duty , Jack finds his wife a perfect beauty . 95 100 A NEW SIMILE : IN THE MANNER OF SWIFT . THE DOUBLE ...
Page 69
... perfon , furnished fubjects of witticism . He was called on for RE- TALIATION , and at their next meeting , pro- duced the following Poem . RETALIATION : A P. Ο E M. FIRST PRINTED IN M , DCC , LXXIV . AFTER THE AUTHOR'S DEATH . OF old ...
... perfon , furnished fubjects of witticism . He was called on for RE- TALIATION , and at their next meeting , pro- duced the following Poem . RETALIATION : A P. Ο E M. FIRST PRINTED IN M , DCC , LXXIV . AFTER THE AUTHOR'S DEATH . OF old ...
Page 99
... perfon ; sticking herself up in the front of a fide- box ; trailing through a minuet at Almack's ; and then , in the public gardens , looking for all the world like one of the painted ruins of the place . Honey . Every age has its ...
... perfon ; sticking herself up in the front of a fide- box ; trailing through a minuet at Almack's ; and then , in the public gardens , looking for all the world like one of the painted ruins of the place . Honey . Every age has its ...
Page 113
... perfon calls about the commiffion , let him know that it is made out . As for lord Cumbercourt's ftale requeft , it can keep cold : you . understand me . Madam , I ask ten thousand pardons . Mrs. Croak . Sir , this honour- Lofty . And ...
... perfon calls about the commiffion , let him know that it is made out . As for lord Cumbercourt's ftale requeft , it can keep cold : you . understand me . Madam , I ask ten thousand pardons . Mrs. Croak . Sir , this honour- Lofty . And ...
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