An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces: In Prose and Verse, Not in Any Other Collection, with Several Pieces Never Before Published, Volume 4J. Debrett, 1798 - English literature |
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... fame Paftoral Ballad , by the fame Advertisement Lurking Love , by Mrs. Piozzi 160 ibid . 163 166 167 173 178 ibid . 175 176 177 ibid . 178 ibid . A Song , by the Earl of Carlifle Epigram , on Archery The Inconftant To Mrs. Helen Maria ...
... fame Paftoral Ballad , by the fame Advertisement Lurking Love , by Mrs. Piozzi 160 ibid . 163 166 167 173 178 ibid . 175 176 177 ibid . 178 ibid . A Song , by the Earl of Carlifle Epigram , on Archery The Inconftant To Mrs. Helen Maria ...
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... fame Humorous Epiftle of the Poet Thomson to a Friend on his Travels , from the fame 226 228 The Hermitage , infcribed to a Lady 232 Chatterton , Verses on his Choice of a Trumpet in his In- fancy 235 The Rights of Men . To a Lady 236 ...
... fame Humorous Epiftle of the Poet Thomson to a Friend on his Travels , from the fame 226 228 The Hermitage , infcribed to a Lady 232 Chatterton , Verses on his Choice of a Trumpet in his In- fancy 235 The Rights of Men . To a Lady 236 ...
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... fame opinion . It will be found in its proper place , vol . vi . p . 2789. I have thought much on this fubject , and must confefs , that in fuch matters a man ought to be a free moral agent . Next day I left town , and was abfent for ...
... fame opinion . It will be found in its proper place , vol . vi . p . 2789. I have thought much on this fubject , and must confefs , that in fuch matters a man ought to be a free moral agent . Next day I left town , and was abfent for ...
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... fame time , nor in the " fame place . " - Bozz . " I think , Sir , that old women " in general are used to fee ghofts . - Pozz . " Yes , Sir , " and their converfation full of the fubject ; I would " have an old woman to record fuch ...
... fame time , nor in the " fame place . " - Bozz . " I think , Sir , that old women " in general are used to fee ghofts . - Pozz . " Yes , Sir , " and their converfation full of the fubject ; I would " have an old woman to record fuch ...
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... fame time cannot help observing , that the unexpected death of this illuftrious Prince verifies the deep and fagacious remark of Mr. Drake , junior , who pathetically exclaimed ' in the House , " Mr. Speaker , it is a melancholy truth ...
... fame time cannot help observing , that the unexpected death of this illuftrious Prince verifies the deep and fagacious remark of Mr. Drake , junior , who pathetically exclaimed ' in the House , " Mr. Speaker , it is a melancholy truth ...
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Page 228 - For which reason I go scattering my water every where about Richmond. And now that I am upon this topic, I must cite you two lines of a letter from Bounce, of celebrated memory, to Fop, a dog in the country to a dog at court. She is giving an account of her generous offspring, among which she mentions two, far above the vice I now censure : ' One ushers friends to Bathurst's door, One fawns at Oxford's on the poor.
Page 6 - But, sir, as the poet says, ' he is devoid of all care.' " Pozz. " Yes, sir, he cares for nobody; he has none of the cares of life: he cannot be a merchant, sir, for he cannot write his name; he cannot be a politician, sir, for he cannot talk; he cannot be an artist, sir, for he cannot see; and yet, sir, there is science in drinking." Bozz. " I suppose you mean that a man ought to know what he drinks.
Page 5 - Sir, I would ask him how he got his corn in, and whether his wife was with child ; but I would not talk politics." Bozz. " But perhaps, Sir, he would talk of nothing else." Pozz. " Then, Sir, it is plain what he would do.
Page 6 - I begged he would repeat this, that I might remember it, and he complied with great good humour. " Dr. Pozz," said I, "you ought to keep a coach.