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... curst , Because the liften'd to the first . As Doris , at her toilette's duty , Sate meditating on her beauty , She now was penfive , now was gay , And loll'd the fultry hours away . As thus in indolence she lyes , A giddy wafp around ...
... curst , Because the liften'd to the first . As Doris , at her toilette's duty , Sate meditating on her beauty , She now was penfive , now was gay , And loll'd the fultry hours away . As thus in indolence she lyes , A giddy wafp around ...
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... Curst dog , the Bull reply'd , no more I wonder at thy thirst of gore , For thou ( beneath a butcher train'd , Whofe hands with cruelty are stain'd , His daily murders in thy view , ) Muft , like thy tutor , blood purfue . Take then thy ...
... Curst dog , the Bull reply'd , no more I wonder at thy thirst of gore , For thou ( beneath a butcher train'd , Whofe hands with cruelty are stain'd , His daily murders in thy view , ) Muft , like thy tutor , blood purfue . Take then thy ...
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... curst vociferation Betrays thy life and conversation ; Coxcombs , an ever - noify race , Are trumpets of their own disgrace . Why fo fevere , the Cub replies ? Our fenate always held me wife . How weak is pride , returns the Sire , All ...
... curst vociferation Betrays thy life and conversation ; Coxcombs , an ever - noify race , Are trumpets of their own disgrace . Why fo fevere , the Cub replies ? Our fenate always held me wife . How weak is pride , returns the Sire , All ...
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... curst . To you I owe , that crouds of boys Worry me with eternal noise ; Straws laid across my pace retard , The horse - foe's nail'd ( each threshold's guard ) The ftunted broom the wenches hide , For fear that I 1hould up and ride ...
... curst . To you I owe , that crouds of boys Worry me with eternal noise ; Straws laid across my pace retard , The horse - foe's nail'd ( each threshold's guard ) The ftunted broom the wenches hide , For fear that I 1hould up and ride ...
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... curst man on turkeys preys , And Christmas fhortens all our days ; Sometimes with oysters we combine , Sometimes affift the fav'ry chine . From the low peasant to the lord , The turkey fmoaks on ev'ry board . Sure Sure men for gluttony ...
... curst man on turkeys preys , And Christmas fhortens all our days ; Sometimes with oysters we combine , Sometimes affift the fav'ry chine . From the low peasant to the lord , The turkey fmoaks on ev'ry board . Sure Sure men for gluttony ...
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Page 139 - I'll read my fable. Betwixt her swagging panniers load A farmer's wife to market rode, And, jogging on, with thoughtful care Summ'd up the profits of her ware ; When, starting from her silver dream, Thus far and wide was heard her scream : That raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak !) Bodes me no good.
Page 189 - And from the deep-mouthed thunder flies. She starts, she stops, she pants for breath ; She hears the near advance of death ; She doubles, to mislead the hound, And measures back her mazy round ; Till, fainting in the public way, Half dead with fear she gasping lay. What transport in her bosom grew, When first the horse appeared in view ! " Let me," says she, " your back ascend, And owe my safety to a friend.
Page 190 - She next the stately Bull implored, And thus replied the mighty lord: " Since every beast alive can tell That I sincerely wish you well, I may, without offence, pretend To take the freedom of a friend. Love calls me hence : a...
Page 103 - ... twill then be known My charities were amply shown." An Angel came: "Ah! friend," he cried, "No more in flattering hope confide. Can thy good deeds in former times Outweigh the balance of thy crimes? What widow or what orphan prays To crown thy life with length of days? A pious action's in thy power, Embrace with joy the happy hour.
Page 53 - Whene'er the duty of the day The toilet calls, with mimic play He twirls her knots, he cracks her fan, Like any other gentleman. In visits too his parts and wit, When jests grew dull, were sure to hit. Proud with applause, he thought his mind In ev'ry courtly art refin'd ; Like...
Page 189 - Friendship, like love, is but a name, Unless to one you stint the flame. The child, whom many fathers share, Hath seldom known a father's care. Tis thus in friendships; who depend On many, rarely find a friend.
Page 185 - Or crawls beside the coral grove, And hears the ocean roll above ; "Nature is too profuse...
Page 191 - The Goat remarked her pulse was high, Her languid head, her heavy eye; "My back," says he, "may do you harm; The Sheep's at hand, and wool is warm.