 So plainly honest, and so bluntly pure, . They liv'd in calm simplicity secure ; Content to make their paradise at home, They seldom frisk'd in France, or whined at Rome ; No snug elopement, or polite crim. con., For paper-grubs, or law, to live upon,...  The Puffiad: A Satire - Seite 29von Robert Montgomery - 1828 - 128 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...and Pope. Our ancestors — monotonously good ! Liv'd on, poor souls ! as virtuous as they could ; So plainly honest, and so bluntly pure, They liv'd...crazy round Of Vice above, and Folly under ground, — ****** No stage-worn beldames to amuse the land With wedding fuss, or love at second hand ; No... | |
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