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... all company the flieth : Such virtuous courses doth she take , That the all evil tongues defieth ; And , for her deareft fpoufe's fake , She with his brethren only lieth . TRUTH TOLD AT LAST . BY THE SAME . SAYS [ 23 ]
... all company the flieth : Such virtuous courses doth she take , That the all evil tongues defieth ; And , for her deareft fpoufe's fake , She with his brethren only lieth . TRUTH TOLD AT LAST . BY THE SAME . SAYS [ 23 ]
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... Such Cloe is - and common as the Air . CLOE PERFUMING HERSELF . BY THE SAME . BELIEVE me , Cloe , those perfumes , that coft Such fums to fweeten thee , is treasure loft . Not all Arabia would fufficient be : Thou smell'ft not of thy ...
... Such Cloe is - and common as the Air . CLOE PERFUMING HERSELF . BY THE SAME . BELIEVE me , Cloe , those perfumes , that coft Such fums to fweeten thee , is treasure loft . Not all Arabia would fufficient be : Thou smell'ft not of thy ...
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... Such wondrous force the magic colours boast , From his own fkill he starts in horror loft . It is hardly neceffary to obferve that the report has no foundation . VERSES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND F 3 [ 53 ]
... Such wondrous force the magic colours boast , From his own fkill he starts in horror loft . It is hardly neceffary to obferve that the report has no foundation . VERSES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND F 3 [ 53 ]
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... playing fo well , He took her again , in reward of his art ; Such merit had Mufic in Hell ! * Dr. Thomas Lifle was Rector of Burclere , Hants . He died March 27 , 1767 . THE SNOW BALL . FROM PETRONIUS AFRANIUS . BY SOAME [ 78 ]
... playing fo well , He took her again , in reward of his art ; Such merit had Mufic in Hell ! * Dr. Thomas Lifle was Rector of Burclere , Hants . He died March 27 , 1767 . THE SNOW BALL . FROM PETRONIUS AFRANIUS . BY SOAME [ 78 ]
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... Such powdering did I never know . Ah ! ceafe your arts : -Death knows your're gray , And , spite of all , will keep his day . * Youngest fon of Dr. Benjamin Hoadley , Bishop of Winchester . I refer those who wish to fee a particular ac ...
... Such powdering did I never know . Ah ! ceafe your arts : -Death knows your're gray , And , spite of all , will keep his day . * Youngest fon of Dr. Benjamin Hoadley , Bishop of Winchester . I refer those who wish to fee a particular ac ...
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Página 71 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Página 30 - EPIGRAM. You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come : Knock as you please, there's nobody at home.
Página 4 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Página 5 - Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame.
Página 19 - Nobles and heralds, by your leave, Here lies what once was Matthew Prior, The son of Adam and of Eve ; Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? " But, in this case, the old prejudice got the better of the old joke.
Página 115 - ILov'd thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow ; So alter'd are thy face and mind, 'Twere perjury to love thee now.
Página 88 - In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, And born in bed, in bed we die; The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss to human woe.
Página 22 - Radcliff ; was so ill, That other doctors gave me over : He felt my pulse, prescribed his pill, And I was likely to recover. " But when the wit began to wheeze, And wine had warmed the politician, Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
Página 126 - And rather than do such a naughty affair, She became a fine laurel to deck the God's hair. The nymph was, no doubt, of a cold constitution; For sure to turn tree was an odd resolution!
Página 10 - Affure yourfelf, was loudly rated : And madam, getting up again, With her own hand the moufe-trap baited. On little things, as fages write, Depends our human joy or forrow : If we don't catch a moufe to-night, Alas ! no eye-brows for to-morrow.