Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English AuthorsFrederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
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... pray know ' Tis our own fancy makes you so ! Don't suppose your majesty By tyranny's best signified , And your angelic natures be Distinguish'd only by your pride . Tyrants make subjects rebels grow , And pride makes angels devils below ...
... pray know ' Tis our own fancy makes you so ! Don't suppose your majesty By tyranny's best signified , And your angelic natures be Distinguish'd only by your pride . Tyrants make subjects rebels grow , And pride makes angels devils below ...
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... pray , than I ? What hidden charms to boast , That all mankind for her should die , Whilst I am scarce a toast ? Dearest mamma , for once let me , Unchain'd , my fortune try ; I'll have my Earl as well as she , Or know the reason why ...
... pray , than I ? What hidden charms to boast , That all mankind for her should die , Whilst I am scarce a toast ? Dearest mamma , for once let me , Unchain'd , my fortune try ; I'll have my Earl as well as she , Or know the reason why ...
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... pray , Mary , can you tell what I've done with my purse ? " " Lawk , help me ! ” said Mary , " I never stirred out of this place : " Nay , " said I , “ I had it in Lady Betty's chamber , that's a plain case . ' " " So Mary got me to bed ...
... pray , Mary , can you tell what I've done with my purse ? " " Lawk , help me ! ” said Mary , " I never stirred out of this place : " Nay , " said I , “ I had it in Lady Betty's chamber , that's a plain case . ' " " So Mary got me to bed ...
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... pray . Jonathan Swift . CVI . WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs , All bright as an angel new dropt.from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your ...
... pray . Jonathan Swift . CVI . WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs , All bright as an angel new dropt.from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am awed by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when , without art , Your ...
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... prayers , As soon as her ladyship call'd to be dress'd , Cried , " Madam , why surely my master's possess'd , Sir Arthur the maltster ! How fine it will sound ! I'd rather the bawn were sunk under ground . But , madam , I guess'd there ...
... prayers , As soon as her ladyship call'd to be dress'd , Cried , " Madam , why surely my master's possess'd , Sir Arthur the maltster ! How fine it will sound ! I'd rather the bawn were sunk under ground . But , madam , I guess'd there ...
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