Anthologia: A Collection of Epigrams, Ludicrous Epitaphs, Sonnets, Tales, Miscellaneous Anecdotes, &c. &c., Interspersed with OriginalsC. Spilsbury and sold by S. Highley, 1807 - 184 páginas |
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... ISABELLA " are the production of a Lady , whose name he is not permitted to mention ; he is under a similar injunction with regard to the Lines signed " G. B. " For the " Lines to Isabella " he is indebted to the versatile Muse of Dr ...
... ISABELLA " are the production of a Lady , whose name he is not permitted to mention ; he is under a similar injunction with regard to the Lines signed " G. B. " For the " Lines to Isabella " he is indebted to the versatile Muse of Dr ...
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... Tray did the shepherd remain , Who oft o'er his grave with true sorrow would bend ; And , when dying , thus feebly was heard the poor swain , " O bury me , neighbours , beside my old friend ! " * SONNET . TO ISABELLA . An ! whither now 160.
... Tray did the shepherd remain , Who oft o'er his grave with true sorrow would bend ; And , when dying , thus feebly was heard the poor swain , " O bury me , neighbours , beside my old friend ! " * SONNET . TO ISABELLA . An ! whither now 160.
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... ISABELLA . An ! whither now has fled my heart's repose ? Why heaves the frequent sigh within my breast ? Oh ! would the lovely author of my woes Restore my bosom to its wonted rest ! " Twas not alone the colour of her cheek , With which ...
... ISABELLA . An ! whither now has fled my heart's repose ? Why heaves the frequent sigh within my breast ? Oh ! would the lovely author of my woes Restore my bosom to its wonted rest ! " Twas not alone the colour of her cheek , With which ...
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... ISABELLA . FROM BUCHANAN . " PAUPER ERAM JUVENIS , " & c . POOR when in youth ; now , worn by feeble age , I'm rich ; but wretched still in either stage : When wealth I could enjoy , I then had none ; Now plenty's come , all pow'r of ...
... ISABELLA . FROM BUCHANAN . " PAUPER ERAM JUVENIS , " & c . POOR when in youth ; now , worn by feeble age , I'm rich ; but wretched still in either stage : When wealth I could enjoy , I then had none ; Now plenty's come , all pow'r of ...
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... ISABELLA . SWEET Isabel ! that shape and air E'en jealous envy must approve ; But wherefore art thou form'd so fair ? — To yield the soft delights of love ! Time , who has giv'n thy cheek the rose , And plac'd the graces in thy train ...
... ISABELLA . SWEET Isabel ! that shape and air E'en jealous envy must approve ; But wherefore art thou form'd so fair ? — To yield the soft delights of love ! Time , who has giv'n thy cheek the rose , And plac'd the graces in thy train ...
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adieu ANECDOTE beauty blushing bosom brow cat-o'-nine-tails charms cheeks CHURCH-YARD cries dead Dean DEAN SWIFT dear Death Dick drank drink e'er EPIGRAM EPITAPH Erskine ev'ry eyes fair father flow'r FRENCH FRIEND OF HUMANITY give Good-natur'd graces hast heart Heav'n honest honour horses horses teeth ISABELLA jacet John JOHN GILL John Trollop Johnson King Knife-grinder LADY lies the body liv'd live Lord LORD ROCHESTER LORD THURLOW LORD WHARTON lov'd maid Marforio MARRIAGE MARTIAL morn ne'er never night niversity of Gottingen o'er once Ostler paint Parson Phoebus PINDAR poet poor POPE pow'r pray pray'r quoth Reader replied reply'd ROCHESTER SIR JOHN BRIDGEMAN smiles song soon sorrow soul Squire stone SUETONIUS sure sweet SWIFT tell thee There's thing Thomas thou TOM BROWN true Twas Versez wife wine woman youth
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Página 180 - But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A traveller came to the Well of St. Keyne...
Página 101 - Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir, Only last night a-drinking at the Chequers, This poor old hat and breeches, as you see, were Torn in a scuffle. "Constables came up for to take me into Custody; they took me before the justice; Justice Oldmixon put me in the parish-Stocks for a vagrant.
Página 92 - Explain'd the matter, and would win the cause. Dame Justice weighing long the doubtful right, Takes, opens, swallows it, before their sight. The cause of strife removed so rarely well, There take (says Justice), take ye each a shell.
Página 101 - All in a lawsuit? (Have you not read the Rights of Man, by Tom Paine?) Drops of compassion tremble on my eyelids, Ready to fall, as soon as you have told your Pitiful story.
Página 155 - Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame.
Página 181 - Keyne,' quoth the Cornish-man, 'many a time Drank of this crystal Well, And before the Angel summoned her, She laid on the water a spell. 'If the husband of this gifted Well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life.
Página 46 - Immortal Newton never spoke More truth, than here you'll find, Nor Pope himself e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. '' The picture placed the busts between Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen. But Folly at full length.
Página 151 - Tis not her air, for sure in that There's nothing more than common ; And all her sense is only chat, Like any other woman. Her voice, her touch, might give th' alarm, 'Twas both perhaps — or neither : In short, 'twas that provoking charm Of Celia all together.
Página 44 - This faded form ! this pallid hue ! ; This blood my veins is clotting in, My years are many — They were few When first I enter'd at the U — — NIVERSITY of Gottingen — — NIVERSITY of Gottingen.
Página 181 - I'll venture my life She has drunk of the Well of St. Keyne ." "I have left a good woman who never was here...