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... Prayers Bienseance Kings and Courtiers Praying for Rain . AUTHOR . PAGE Swift . 204 205 206 Sheridan ( Dr. T. ) 212 . Gay 215 Peter Pindar 216 66 . 217 66 218 66 220 66 222 Apology for Kings 223 Ode to the Devil . 226 The King of Spain ...
... Prayers Bienseance Kings and Courtiers Praying for Rain . AUTHOR . PAGE Swift . 204 205 206 Sheridan ( Dr. T. ) 212 . Gay 215 Peter Pindar 216 66 . 217 66 218 66 220 66 222 Apology for Kings 223 Ode to the Devil . 226 The King of Spain ...
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... pray unto your curtesie , Be heavy again , or els mote I die . CHAUCER . TO CHLOE . AN APOLOGY FOR GOING INTO THE COUNTRY . PETER PINDAR . CHLOE , we must not always be in heaven , For ever toying , ogling , kissing , billing ; The joys ...
... pray unto your curtesie , Be heavy again , or els mote I die . CHAUCER . TO CHLOE . AN APOLOGY FOR GOING INTO THE COUNTRY . PETER PINDAR . CHLOE , we must not always be in heaven , For ever toying , ogling , kissing , billing ; The joys ...
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... ... Now I pray you Hear the pig's counsel . Is he obstinate ? We must not , Jacob , be deceived by words ; We must not take them as unheeding hands Receive base money at the current worth , But with 26 MISCELLANEOUS .
... ... Now I pray you Hear the pig's counsel . Is he obstinate ? We must not , Jacob , be deceived by words ; We must not take them as unheeding hands Receive base money at the current worth , But with 26 MISCELLANEOUS .
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... pray I'll execute a few commissions " In Bond - street , " when I go that way . " " And buy at Pearsall's in the city Twelve skeins of silk for netting purses : Color no matter , so it's pretty ; — Two hundred pens " -two hundred curses ...
... pray I'll execute a few commissions " In Bond - street , " when I go that way . " " And buy at Pearsall's in the city Twelve skeins of silk for netting purses : Color no matter , so it's pretty ; — Two hundred pens " -two hundred curses ...
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... pound one , Vast wit and broken noses ; And pray Sir Giles at Datchet Lane , And call the milk - maids Houris ; That I could be a boy again- A happy boy at Drury's ! THE VICAR . W. MACKWORTH PRAED . SOME years ago MISCELLANEOUS . 5 ]
... pound one , Vast wit and broken noses ; And pray Sir Giles at Datchet Lane , And call the milk - maids Houris ; That I could be a boy again- A happy boy at Drury's ! THE VICAR . W. MACKWORTH PRAED . SOME years ago MISCELLANEOUS . 5 ]
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