Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... head - achs , or the want of rhyme ) Stands in the streets , abftracted from the crew , And while he seems to study , thinks of you ; Just when his fancy points your sprightly eyes , 45 Or fees the blush of soft Parthenia rise , Gay ...
... head - achs , or the want of rhyme ) Stands in the streets , abftracted from the crew , And while he seems to study , thinks of you ; Just when his fancy points your sprightly eyes , 45 Or fees the blush of soft Parthenia rise , Gay ...
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... Head afide , A Rival's envy ( all in vain ) to hide . This Snuff - Box , -on the Hinge fee Brilliants fhine : This Snuff - Box will I ftake ; the Prize is mine . CARDELIA . Alas ! far leffer loffes than I bear 58 MISCELLANIE S.
... Head afide , A Rival's envy ( all in vain ) to hide . This Snuff - Box , -on the Hinge fee Brilliants fhine : This Snuff - Box will I ftake ; the Prize is mine . CARDELIA . Alas ! far leffer loffes than I bear 58 MISCELLANIE S.
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... head , Lies one who ne'er car'd , and ftill cares not a pin What they said , or may fay of the mortal within : But , who living and dying , ferene ftill and free , Trufts in GOD , that as well as he was , he shall be , MEMOIRS Of the ...
... head , Lies one who ne'er car'd , and ftill cares not a pin What they said , or may fay of the mortal within : But , who living and dying , ferene ftill and free , Trufts in GOD , that as well as he was , he shall be , MEMOIRS Of the ...
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... Head of a different Cart from his family . His wife was a Lady of fingular beauty , whom not for that reafon caly he expouted , but because fhe was undoubted daughter either of the great Scriverius , or of Gaipar Barthius . It happened ...
... Head of a different Cart from his family . His wife was a Lady of fingular beauty , whom not for that reafon caly he expouted , but because fhe was undoubted daughter either of the great Scriverius , or of Gaipar Barthius . It happened ...
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... head . As its colour was white , he took it at first fight for & Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Foot : but on a nearer view , he perceived it to be faked with buck , in the form of letters ; and that it was heeed a Pager ...
... head . As its colour was white , he took it at first fight for & Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Foot : but on a nearer view , he perceived it to be faked with buck , in the form of letters ; and that it was heeed a Pager ...
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