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Archaeologia Graeca, Or the Antiquities of Greece - Page 336
by John Potter - 1751
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The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection ...

Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...Sacrifice. She claps the precry 1'alm to make the Lines more fair. Thepooreftof the Sex have frill an Itch To know their Fortunes, equal to the Rich: • The Dairy-Maid enquires if fhe fhall take' - » Tte trufty Tailor, and the Cook forfake. />,-«/ juv HAG". HAG. See Wircfc InaclofeLane,...
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Archæologia Græca, Or The Antiquities of Greece

John Potter - Greece - 1722 - 514 pages
...Brachman will receive. Skill'd in the Globe and Sphear, he gravely ftands, And with his Compafs mcaiures Seas, and Lands. The Pooreft of the Sex have ftill...Fortunes, equal to the Rich : The Dairy-maid enquires if ftie may take The trufty Taylor, and the Cook forfake. XV'hereby it appears, that Lots had very fmall...
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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by mr. Dryden ...

Juvenal - 1726 - 468 pages
...gravely (lands, And, with his Compafs, measures Seas and Lands. The pooreft of the Sex, have dill an Icch To know their Fortunes, equal to the Rich. The Dairy-Maid enquires, if (he (hall take The trufty Taylor, and the Cook forfake. Yet thefe, tho' Poor, the Pain of Child- bed...
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Archaeologia Graeca Or the Antiquities of Graece, Volume 1

John Potter - 1728 - 534 pages
...faga vendenti nubat caupone reliflo. The middle fort, who have not much to fpare, Into the crouded Circus ftraight repair. And from the cheaper Lots...Fortunes, equal to the Rich : The Dairy-maid enquires if (he may take The trufty Tailor, and the Cook forfake. Whereby it appears, that Lots had very fmall...
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The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis:: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus

Juvenal - Satire - 1735 - 512 pages
...he gravely ftands, And, with his Compafs, meafures Seas and Lands. The poorcft of the Sex, have Hill an Itch To know their Fortunes, equal to the Rich. The Dairy-Maid enquires, if (lie {ball take The trully Taylor, and the Cook forfake. Yet thefe, tho' Poor, the Pain of Child-bed...
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The Accomplish'd Woman, Volume 2

Jacques Du Bosc - Women - 1753 - 324 pages
...he gravely flands, And with his compafi meafilres feas and land;. The pooreil of the fex have Hill an itch To know their fortunes equal to the rich. The dairy-maid enquires if fhe fhall take The trufty taylor, and the cook forfake. -^ And all alike unknowing future fate, Believe...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1760 - 476 pages
...fphefe, he gravely ftands, And, with his compafs, meafures fcas and lands. The pooreft of the fex* have ftill an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid enquires, if me mail take The trufty taylor, and the cook forfake. Yet thefe, tho poor, the pain of childbed bear;...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 4

John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 476 pages
...fphere, he gravely ftancjs, And, with his compafs, meafures feas and lands. The pooreft of the fex, have ftill an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid enquires, if fhe (hall take The trufty taylor, and the cook forfake. Yet thefe, thopoor, the pain of childbed bear;...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 398 pages
...fphere, he gravely ftand?, And, with his compafs, meafures feas and land?. The pooreft of the fax, have ftill an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid enquires, if fhe mall take The trufty taylor, and the cook fbrfake. Yet thefe, tho' poor, the pain of childbed bear...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's virgil

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 398 pages
...he gravely flands, And, with his compafs, meafures feas and lands. The pooreft of the fex have ttill an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid enquires, if fhe mall take The trufty taylor, and the cook forfake. Yet thefe, though poor, the pain of childbed...
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