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... Lord Dudley and Ward Rogers 566 Epigrams of . Lord Byron . To the Author of a Sonnet , etc. 567 Windsor Poetics . On a Carrier , etc. Epigrams of . On the Windows of King's College , etc. New - made Honor Eheu Fugaces Anonymous Epigrams ...
... Lord Dudley and Ward Rogers 566 Epigrams of . Lord Byron . To the Author of a Sonnet , etc. 567 Windsor Poetics . On a Carrier , etc. Epigrams of . On the Windows of King's College , etc. New - made Honor Eheu Fugaces Anonymous Epigrams ...
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... Lord Brougham . 580 ECCENTRIC AND NONDESCRIPT . The Jovial Priest's Confession Tonis ad Resto Mare Dic Leigh Hunt Anonymous . Dean Swift 44 66 . . 583 584 584 585 585 585 . 586 587 - 587 Moll . To My Mistress A Love Song . A Gentle Echo ...
... Lord Brougham . 580 ECCENTRIC AND NONDESCRIPT . The Jovial Priest's Confession Tonis ad Resto Mare Dic Leigh Hunt Anonymous . Dean Swift 44 66 . . 583 584 584 585 585 585 . 586 587 - 587 Moll . To My Mistress A Love Song . A Gentle Echo ...
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... Lord knows what beside , And swam for Love , as I for Glory ; ' T were hard to say who fared the best : Sad mortals ! thus the gods still plague you ! He lost his labor , I my jest ; For he was drowned , and I've the ague BYRON . THE ...
... Lord knows what beside , And swam for Love , as I for Glory ; ' T were hard to say who fared the best : Sad mortals ! thus the gods still plague you ! He lost his labor , I my jest ; For he was drowned , and I've the ague BYRON . THE ...
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... Lord ! " " Sick , ma'am , damme , you'll be sicker Ere you ' ve been an hour on board . " Thus are screaming Men and women , Gemmen , ladies , servants , Jacks ; Here entangling , All are wrangling , Stuck together close as wax.- Such ...
... Lord ! " " Sick , ma'am , damme , you'll be sicker Ere you ' ve been an hour on board . " Thus are screaming Men and women , Gemmen , ladies , servants , Jacks ; Here entangling , All are wrangling , Stuck together close as wax.- Such ...
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... Lord knows when we shall come back ! Breezes foul and tempests murky May unship us in a crack . But , since life at most a jest is , As philosophers allow , Still to laugh by far the best is , Then laugh on - as I do now . Laugh at all ...
... Lord knows when we shall come back ! Breezes foul and tempests murky May unship us in a crack . But , since life at most a jest is , As philosophers allow , Still to laugh by far the best is , Then laugh on - as I do now . Laugh at all ...
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