Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de Société and Vers D'occasion in the English Language by Deceased Authors |
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... Lord Houghton , of Messrs . C. S. Calverly , George Cayley , Mortimer Collins , and Planché , and of Dr. O. W. Holmes , the Ame- rican poet , and perhaps the best living writer of this species of verse ; and of some others who have ...
... Lord Houghton , of Messrs . C. S. Calverly , George Cayley , Mortimer Collins , and Planché , and of Dr. O. W. Holmes , the Ame- rican poet , and perhaps the best living writer of this species of verse ; and of some others who have ...
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... lord , One berry from thy hand More real pleasure would afford Than all my large command . My humble love has learn'd to live On what the nicest maid , Without a conscious blush , may give Beneath the myrtle shade . LXVII . Sir Charles ...
... lord , One berry from thy hand More real pleasure would afford Than all my large command . My humble love has learn'd to live On what the nicest maid , Without a conscious blush , may give Beneath the myrtle shade . LXVII . Sir Charles ...
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... Lord Capel . LXXX . THE MEANS TO ATTAIN HAPPY LIFE . MARTIAL , the things that do attain The happy life be these , I find- The riches left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground , the quiet mind , The equal friend ; no grudge , no ...
... Lord Capel . LXXX . THE MEANS TO ATTAIN HAPPY LIFE . MARTIAL , the things that do attain The happy life be these , I find- The riches left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground , the quiet mind , The equal friend ; no grudge , no ...
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... Lords Justices of Ireland . The humble petition of Frances Harris , who must starve , and die a maid , if it miscarries . Humbly sheweth , That I went to warm myself in Lady Betty's chamber , because I was cold , And I had in a purse ...
... Lords Justices of Ireland . The humble petition of Frances Harris , who must starve , and die a maid , if it miscarries . Humbly sheweth , That I went to warm myself in Lady Betty's chamber , because I was cold , And I had in a purse ...
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... Lord Colway's folks are all very sad ; For my Lord Dromedary comes a Tuesday without fail . " Pugh ! " said I , " but that's not the business that I ail . " Says Cary , says he , " I've been a servant this five - and- twenty years come ...
... Lord Colway's folks are all very sad ; For my Lord Dromedary comes a Tuesday without fail . " Pugh ! " said I , " but that's not the business that I ail . " Says Cary , says he , " I've been a servant this five - and- twenty years come ...
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