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... rule o'er every British mind ; Be fure ye foothe their amorous flames , Be fure your laws are not unkind . For hard it is to wear their bloom In unremitting fighs away : To mourn the night's oppreffive gloom , And faintly blefs the ...
... rule o'er every British mind ; Be fure ye foothe their amorous flames , Be fure your laws are not unkind . For hard it is to wear their bloom In unremitting fighs away : To mourn the night's oppreffive gloom , And faintly blefs the ...
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... rule , With ways and means- In fenfe the fame , in ftature higher , } —to play the fool . He shines , ere long , a rural squire ; Pours forth unwitty jokes , and fwears , And bawls and drinks . S -but chiefly ftares ! His tenants of ...
... rule , With ways and means- In fenfe the fame , in ftature higher , } —to play the fool . He shines , ere long , a rural squire ; Pours forth unwitty jokes , and fwears , And bawls and drinks . S -but chiefly ftares ! His tenants of ...
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... rule us ; Thus pomp delude , and folly fool us ; To keep a race of flickering knaves , He grows himfelf the worst of flaves . txtxtxt tet F A BALL A D. -Trabit fua quemque voluptas . VIRG . ROM Lincoln to London rode forth our young ...
... rule us ; Thus pomp delude , and folly fool us ; To keep a race of flickering knaves , He grows himfelf the worst of flaves . txtxtxt tet F A BALL A D. -Trabit fua quemque voluptas . VIRG . ROM Lincoln to London rode forth our young ...
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... rule o'er barren fands . Then boast not , Flavia , thy fair face , Thy beauty's only store ; Thy charms will every day decrease , Each day gives Stella more . VERSES VERSES fpoken at WESTMINSTER School . J. F. H What [ 110 ]
... rule o'er barren fands . Then boast not , Flavia , thy fair face , Thy beauty's only store ; Thy charms will every day decrease , Each day gives Stella more . VERSES VERSES fpoken at WESTMINSTER School . J. F. H What [ 110 ]
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... rules and golden days . No powder'd liveries attend us here , Hunger's our fauce , and mutton is our cheer . Our worn - out customs may provoke your sport , How long the graces , and the meals how short ! Nor can our mouldy college ...
... rules and golden days . No powder'd liveries attend us here , Hunger's our fauce , and mutton is our cheer . Our worn - out customs may provoke your sport , How long the graces , and the meals how short ! Nor can our mouldy college ...
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