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Page 73
... , The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch as , wand'ring near her fecret bow'r , Moleft her ancient folitary reign . L Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade. [ 73 ] Elegy written in a Country Church-yard.
... , The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch as , wand'ring near her fecret bow'r , Moleft her ancient folitary reign . L Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade. [ 73 ] Elegy written in a Country Church-yard.
Page 86
... fuch vermin . The heroines undertook the task , Through lanes unknown , o'er ftiles they ventured , Rapp'd at the door , nor stay'd to ask , But bounce into the parlour enter'd . The trembling family they daunt , They flirt , they fing ...
... fuch vermin . The heroines undertook the task , Through lanes unknown , o'er ftiles they ventured , Rapp'd at the door , nor stay'd to ask , But bounce into the parlour enter'd . The trembling family they daunt , They flirt , they fing ...
Page 89
... fuch eyes were no protection . The court was fate , the culprit there , Forth from their gloomy manfions creeping , The lady Janes and Joans repair , And from the gallery ftand peeping : Such as in filence of the night Come ( sweep ) ...
... fuch eyes were no protection . The court was fate , the culprit there , Forth from their gloomy manfions creeping , The lady Janes and Joans repair , And from the gallery ftand peeping : Such as in filence of the night Come ( sweep ) ...
Page 121
... fuch a pick - pocket air ! Not I for the Indies : -You know I'm no prude , - But his nofe is a fhame , —and his eyes are fo lewd ! Then he shambles and straddles fo oddly - I fear- R No — at our time of life ' twould be. [ I2I ] The ...
... fuch a pick - pocket air ! Not I for the Indies : -You know I'm no prude , - But his nofe is a fhame , —and his eyes are fo lewd ! Then he shambles and straddles fo oddly - I fear- R No — at our time of life ' twould be. [ I2I ] The ...
Page 122
... ' Egyptians of old Their jewels of filver and jewels of gold ? The prophet of Bethel , we read , told a lie : He drinks - fo did Noah ; -he fwears - fo do I : To reject him for fuch peccadillos , were odd ; [ 122 122 ]
... ' Egyptians of old Their jewels of filver and jewels of gold ? The prophet of Bethel , we read , told a lie : He drinks - fo did Noah ; -he fwears - fo do I : To reject him for fuch peccadillos , were odd ; [ 122 122 ]
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