Miscellanies. In Four Volumes, Volume 4Charles Bathurst, 1742 |
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... talk fo loud , Else she must interpofe a Cloud : For if the Heav'nly Folk fhould know Thefe Pleadings in the Courts below , That Mortals here difdain to love , She ne'er could fhew her Face above . For Gods , their Betters , are too ...
... talk fo loud , Else she must interpofe a Cloud : For if the Heav'nly Folk fhould know Thefe Pleadings in the Courts below , That Mortals here difdain to love , She ne'er could fhew her Face above . For Gods , their Betters , are too ...
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... talk , or Sages write , These I will gather and unite , And represent them to Mankind Collected in that Infant's Mind , THIS faid , fhe plucks in Heav'n's high Bow'rs A Sprig of Amaranthine Flow'rs , In Nectar thrice infufes Bays ...
... talk , or Sages write , These I will gather and unite , And represent them to Mankind Collected in that Infant's Mind , THIS faid , fhe plucks in Heav'n's high Bow'rs A Sprig of Amaranthine Flow'rs , In Nectar thrice infufes Bays ...
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... talking of the Weather : Laft Night was fo extremely fine , The Ladies walk'd till after Nine . Then in foft Voice , and Speech abfurd , With Nonfenfe ev'ry fecond Word , With Fustian from exploded Plays , They celebrate her Beauty's ...
... talking of the Weather : Laft Night was fo extremely fine , The Ladies walk'd till after Nine . Then in foft Voice , and Speech abfurd , With Nonfenfe ev'ry fecond Word , With Fustian from exploded Plays , They celebrate her Beauty's ...
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... still . If fhe was bolder than became A Scholar to a courtly Dame , She might excufe a Man of Letters ; Thus Tutors often treat their Betters , And And fince his Talk offenfive grew , He came to 24 CADENUS and VANESSA .
... still . If fhe was bolder than became A Scholar to a courtly Dame , She might excufe a Man of Letters ; Thus Tutors often treat their Betters , And And fince his Talk offenfive grew , He came to 24 CADENUS and VANESSA .
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Jonathan Swift. And fince his Talk offenfive grew , He came to take his last Adieu . VANESSA , fill'd with juft Difdain , Would fill her Dignity maintain , Inftructed from her early Years To fcorn the Art of Female Tears . HAD he employ ...
Jonathan Swift. And fince his Talk offenfive grew , He came to take his last Adieu . VANESSA , fill'd with juft Difdain , Would fill her Dignity maintain , Inftructed from her early Years To fcorn the Art of Female Tears . HAD he employ ...
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