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... as humour rofe or feel , By turns a flattern or a belle : ' Tis true she dreffed with modern grace , Half naked at a ball or race ; 25 30 35 40 45 Could any curtain lectures bring To decency fo fine a THE DOUBLE 166 TRANSFORMATION .
... as humour rofe or feel , By turns a flattern or a belle : ' Tis true she dreffed with modern grace , Half naked at a ball or race ; 25 30 35 40 45 Could any curtain lectures bring To decency fo fine a THE DOUBLE 166 TRANSFORMATION .
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Could any curtain lectures bring To decency fo fine a thing ? In short , by night , ' twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting . Fond to be feen , fhe kept a bevy , Of powder'd coxcombs at her levy ; The ' fquire ...
Could any curtain lectures bring To decency fo fine a thing ? In short , by night , ' twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting . Fond to be feen , fhe kept a bevy , Of powder'd coxcombs at her levy ; The ' fquire ...
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The glass , grown hateful to her fight , Reflected now a perfect fright ; Each former art fhe vainly tries To bring back luftre to her eyes . In vain she tries her paste and creams , To smooth her skin , or hide its seams Her country ...
The glass , grown hateful to her fight , Reflected now a perfect fright ; Each former art fhe vainly tries To bring back luftre to her eyes . In vain she tries her paste and creams , To smooth her skin , or hide its seams Her country ...
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No flocks that range the valley free , " To flaughter I condemn : " Taught by that power that pities me , " I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's graffy fide " A guiltless feaft I bring ; " A fcrip with herbs and fruits ...
No flocks that range the valley free , " To flaughter I condemn : " Taught by that power that pities me , " I learn to pity them : " But from the mountain's graffy fide " A guiltless feaft I bring ; " A fcrip with herbs and fruits ...
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Alas ! the joys that fortune brings , " Are trifling and decay ; " And those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows ...
Alas ! the joys that fortune brings , " Are trifling and decay ; " And those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows ...
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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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