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... lady sent , To plead her lover's woes ; And soothe the anxious discontent That from her coldness flows . For many an end , for many a use , I serve , throughout the nation , For panegyric , or abuse , Or real information . The rest had ...
... lady sent , To plead her lover's woes ; And soothe the anxious discontent That from her coldness flows . For many an end , for many a use , I serve , throughout the nation , For panegyric , or abuse , Or real information . The rest had ...
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... ladies thumb it much . - Words none , things numerous , it contains : And , things with words compared , Who needs be told , that has his brains , Which merit most regard ? Ofttimes its leaves , of scarlet hue , A golded edging boast ...
... ladies thumb it much . - Words none , things numerous , it contains : And , things with words compared , Who needs be told , that has his brains , Which merit most regard ? Ofttimes its leaves , of scarlet hue , A golded edging boast ...
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... ' s lost , I'm turn'd away , And thrown upon the street ; Where I despised and rolling lie , Am trampled on by passers by , And num'rous insults meet . Ladies , contemplate well my fate , Reflect upon my. RIDDLE XV . ...
... ' s lost , I'm turn'd away , And thrown upon the street ; Where I despised and rolling lie , Am trampled on by passers by , And num'rous insults meet . Ladies , contemplate well my fate , Reflect upon my. RIDDLE XV . ...
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Peter Puzzlewell. Ladies , contemplate well my fate , Reflect upon my wretched state ; Implore th ' Almighty's aid , Lest you ( which Heaven forbid ! ) like me , Come to contempt and misery , Be ruin'd and betray'd . RIDDLE XVI . No body ...
Peter Puzzlewell. Ladies , contemplate well my fate , Reflect upon my wretched state ; Implore th ' Almighty's aid , Lest you ( which Heaven forbid ! ) like me , Come to contempt and misery , Be ruin'd and betray'd . RIDDLE XVI . No body ...
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... warrior of the age ; For when you have survey'd me round , Nothing but steel is to be found ; Yet men I ne'er was known to kill , Though ladies ' blood I often spill . My riddle , I trust , you ' ll allow 22 RIDDLES AND CHARADES .
... warrior of the age ; For when you have survey'd me round , Nothing but steel is to be found ; Yet men I ne'er was known to kill , Though ladies ' blood I often spill . My riddle , I trust , you ' ll allow 22 RIDDLES AND CHARADES .
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Page 97 - THE VOWELS We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.
Page 52 - I'm now a sail, and now a mast. I here am red, and there am green, A beggar there, and here a queen. I sometimes live in a house of hair, And oft in hand of lady fair. I please the young, I grace the old, And am at once both hot and cold Say what I am then, if you can, And find the rhyme, and you're the man.