The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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... thou art Or wert , a young Aurora of the air , The nympholepsy of some fond despair ; Or , it might be , a beauty of the earth , Who found a more than commom votary there Too much adoring ; whatsoe'er thy birth , Thou wert a beautiful ...
... thou art Or wert , a young Aurora of the air , The nympholepsy of some fond despair ; Or , it might be , a beauty of the earth , Who found a more than commom votary there Too much adoring ; whatsoe'er thy birth , Thou wert a beautiful ...
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... Thou royal spirit of Andrugio , where'er thou hoverest , ( Airy intellect ) I heave up tapers to thee ( view thy son ) , On celebration of due obsequies . Once every night I'll dew thy funeral hearse With my religious tears . O blessed ...
... Thou royal spirit of Andrugio , where'er thou hoverest , ( Airy intellect ) I heave up tapers to thee ( view thy son ) , On celebration of due obsequies . Once every night I'll dew thy funeral hearse With my religious tears . O blessed ...
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... thou art too subtle For honest natures to converse withal : Therefore I'll leave thee ; farewell , mart of woe , I fly to clip my love , Antonio . With that her head sunk down upon her breast ; Her cheek changed earth , her senses slept ...
... thou art too subtle For honest natures to converse withal : Therefore I'll leave thee ; farewell , mart of woe , I fly to clip my love , Antonio . With that her head sunk down upon her breast ; Her cheek changed earth , her senses slept ...
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... Thou art in law , in quarrels , and in debt , Which thou would'st quit with count'nance . Borrowing With thee is purchase , and thou seek'st by me , ( In my supportance ) now our old wars cease , To wage worse battles with the arms of ...
... Thou art in law , in quarrels , and in debt , Which thou would'st quit with count'nance . Borrowing With thee is purchase , and thou seek'st by me , ( In my supportance ) now our old wars cease , To wage worse battles with the arms of ...
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... thou throw'st balls of all dissension . Thou art at peace with nothing but with war ; Hast no heart but to hurt , and eat'st thy heart If it but think of doing any good : Thou witchest with thy smiles ; suck'st blood with praises ; Mock ...
... thou throw'st balls of all dissension . Thou art at peace with nothing but with war ; Hast no heart but to hurt , and eat'st thy heart If it but think of doing any good : Thou witchest with thy smiles ; suck'st blood with praises ; Mock ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole