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Ev'n now , perhaps , by cold and hunger led , At proud mens doors they ask a little bread ! 340 Ah , no . To distant climes , a dreary scene , Where half the convex world intrudes between , Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they ...
Ev'n now , perhaps , by cold and hunger led , At proud mens doors they ask a little bread ! 340 Ah , no . To distant climes , a dreary scene , Where half the convex world intrudes between , Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they ...
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20 But , my lord , ' tis no bounce : I protest in my turn , It's a truth and your Lordship may ask Mr. Burn . * To go on with my tale- as I gaz'd on the haunch , I thought of a friend that was truliy and staunch ; So I cut it , and sent ...
20 But , my lord , ' tis no bounce : I protest in my turn , It's a truth and your Lordship may ask Mr. Burn . * To go on with my tale- as I gaz'd on the haunch , I thought of a friend that was truliy and staunch ; So I cut it , and sent ...
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Tomorrow you take a poor dinner with me ; No words I insist on't - precisely at three : We'll have Johnson , and Burke , all the wits will be there , My acquaintance is flight , or I'd ask ny lord Clare . And , now that I think on't ...
Tomorrow you take a poor dinner with me ; No words I insist on't - precisely at three : We'll have Johnson , and Burke , all the wits will be there , My acquaintance is flight , or I'd ask ny lord Clare . And , now that I think on't ...
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... does not ask it . I have been now for some time á concealed fpectator of his follies , and find them as boundlefs as his dissipation . Jar . And yet , faith , he has some fine ' narue or other for them all .
... does not ask it . I have been now for some time á concealed fpectator of his follies , and find them as boundlefs as his dissipation . Jar . And yet , faith , he has some fine ' narue or other for them all .
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Ask the brave , if they desire glory ? ak cowards , if they covet fafety Croak . Well , well , no more questions about it . Leont . Ask the fick if they long for health ? afk mifers , if they love ' money ? alkCroak . Ask a fool , if he ...
Ask the brave , if they desire glory ? ak cowards , if they covet fafety Croak . Well , well , no more questions about it . Leont . Ask the fick if they long for health ? afk mifers , if they love ' money ? alkCroak . Ask a fool , if he ...
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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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