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John Gay. What havock now fhall thin our race ! When ev'ry petty clerk in place , To prove his tafte , and seem polite , Will feed on geese both noon and night . FABLE WKent 11 . W FABLE VIII . The LADY and 28 FABLE S.
John Gay. What havock now fhall thin our race ! When ev'ry petty clerk in place , To prove his tafte , and seem polite , Will feed on geese both noon and night . FABLE WKent 11 . W FABLE VIII . The LADY and 28 FABLE S.
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... night ; Or tell me , ere the battel rage , What wrongs provoke thee to engage ? Is it ambition fires thy breast , Or avarice that ne'er can reft ? From these alone unjustly springs The world - destroying wrath of Kings . The The furly ...
... night ; Or tell me , ere the battel rage , What wrongs provoke thee to engage ? Is it ambition fires thy breast , Or avarice that ne'er can reft ? From these alone unjustly springs The world - destroying wrath of Kings . The The furly ...
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... the plains and thinn'd the fold : Deep in the wood fecure he lay , The thefts of night regal'd the day ; F 4 In In vain the shepherd's wakeful care Had spread the toils FABLE S 65 FABLE XVII The Shepherd's DOG and the WOLF.
... the plains and thinn'd the fold : Deep in the wood fecure he lay , The thefts of night regal'd the day ; F 4 In In vain the shepherd's wakeful care Had spread the toils FABLE S 65 FABLE XVII The Shepherd's DOG and the WOLF.
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... nights will fit , In hopes to be fupream in wit . If these can read , to these I write , To fet their worth in trueft light . A Lyon - cub , of fordid mind , Avoided all the lyon kind ; Fond of applause , he fought the feasts Of vulgar ...
... nights will fit , In hopes to be fupream in wit . If these can read , to these I write , To fet their worth in trueft light . A Lyon - cub , of fordid mind , Avoided all the lyon kind ; Fond of applause , he fought the feasts Of vulgar ...
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... night fuch mischief did , TH Betty was ev'ry morning chid : They undermin'd whole fides of bacon , Her cheese was fapp'd , her tarts were taken , Her Her pasties , fenc'd with thickest paste , Were all 80 FABLE S FABLE XXI The RAT ...
... night fuch mischief did , TH Betty was ev'ry morning chid : They undermin'd whole fides of bacon , Her cheese was fapp'd , her tarts were taken , Her Her pasties , fenc'd with thickest paste , Were all 80 FABLE S FABLE XXI The RAT ...
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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.