The Works, Volume 24J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... thousand pound lost at their houses ) Can never fail cuckolding two or three spouses . EPIGRAM , IN A MAID OF HONOUR'S PRAYER BOOK . WHEN Israel's daughters mourn'd their past offences , They dealt in sackcloth , and turn'd cinder ...
... thousand pound lost at their houses ) Can never fail cuckolding two or three spouses . EPIGRAM , IN A MAID OF HONOUR'S PRAYER BOOK . WHEN Israel's daughters mourn'd their past offences , They dealt in sackcloth , and turn'd cinder ...
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... Thousand per cent * . DISDAIN ISDAIN not , SNow , my humble verse to hear , ' Stick thy black pen awhile behind thy ear . Whether thy counter shine with sums untold , And thy wide - grasping hand grows black with gold ; Whether thy mien ...
... Thousand per cent * . DISDAIN ISDAIN not , SNow , my humble verse to hear , ' Stick thy black pen awhile behind thy ear . Whether thy counter shine with sums untold , And thy wide - grasping hand grows black with gold ; Whether thy mien ...
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... thousand pound . " The bard with wonder the cheap purchase saw , So sign'd the contract ( as ordains the law . ) The banker's brain was cool'd : the mist grew clear ; The visionary scene was lost in air . He now the vanish'd prospect ...
... thousand pound . " The bard with wonder the cheap purchase saw , So sign'd the contract ( as ordains the law . ) The banker's brain was cool'd : the mist grew clear ; The visionary scene was lost in air . He now the vanish'd prospect ...
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... thousand kisses , And fight e'er since for pay , like Swisses . THE LAMENTATION OF GLUMDALCLITCH FOR THE LOSS OF GRILDRIG , A PASTORAL . Soon as Glumdalclitch miss'd her pleasing care , She wept , she blubber'd , and she tore her hair ...
... thousand kisses , And fight e'er since for pay , like Swisses . THE LAMENTATION OF GLUMDALCLITCH FOR THE LOSS OF GRILDRIG , A PASTORAL . Soon as Glumdalclitch miss'd her pleasing care , She wept , she blubber'd , and she tore her hair ...
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... thousand pound . Lord ! when the giant babe that head of thine Got in his mouth , my heart was up in mine ! When in the marrowbone I see thee ramm'd , Or on the house - top by the monkey cramm'd , The piteous images renew my pain , And ...
... thousand pound . Lord ! when the giant babe that head of thine Got in his mouth , my heart was up in mine ! When in the marrowbone I see thee ramm'd , Or on the house - top by the monkey cramm'd , The piteous images renew my pain , And ...
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Art of Punning bishop black and white Blueskin's sharp penknife Bounce Brobdingnag Cæsar call'd character church church of England COUNTESS OF BURLINGTON court Dean dogs duke earl ECHO England English EPIGRAM ev'ry man round eyes Fourth Doctor GIBBS give Gog and Magog hand Hawcubites heart Houyhnhnm ibid Ireland Isaac Bickerstaff John justice king KIT-CAT CLUB ladies learned letter lord master Mohocks nation ne'er neighbours never night occasion parliament peers and parliament penknife hath set person poem poet Pope publick Pun-sibi pyed horses Quadrille queen reason Rule Second Doctor sent sharp penknife hath SHEPHERD sweet Molly Swift Tatlers thee thing Third Doctor thou thought thousand Tom D'Urfey town Verses viii whig Whiston white horses word writing xxii xxiii XXIV
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Página 35 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot ! Ah friend ! to dazzle let the vain design ; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine!