Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... legs , then two , then three ; Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away at last on four . The first part ... legs in the morning , two legs at noon , and three legs at night ? This he folves , as our forefathers have done for ...
... legs , then two , then three ; Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away at last on four . The first part ... legs in the morning , two legs at noon , and three legs at night ? This he folves , as our forefathers have done for ...
Page 288
... legs , then two legs , then three legs ; then lofes one leg , then gets two legs , and at laft runs away upon four legs ? Were I difpofed to be fple- netic , I fhould ask if there was any thing in the new garland of riddles fo wild , fo ...
... legs , then two legs , then three legs ; then lofes one leg , then gets two legs , and at laft runs away upon four legs ? Were I difpofed to be fple- netic , I fhould ask if there was any thing in the new garland of riddles fo wild , fo ...
Page 289
... legs , like other men ; and that in his more advanced age , he got a white staff in Queen Focafta's court , which the Author calls his third leg . Now it fo happened that the Treasurer fell , and by that means broke his third leg ...
... legs , like other men ; and that in his more advanced age , he got a white staff in Queen Focafta's court , which the Author calls his third leg . Now it fo happened that the Treasurer fell , and by that means broke his third leg ...
Page 290
... legs , viz . two natural and two artificial . But this I have no authority for ; and therefore upon mature confideration do find that the words ( Then gets two more ) are only Greek expletives , intro- duced to make up the verfe , and ...
... legs , viz . two natural and two artificial . But this I have no authority for ; and therefore upon mature confideration do find that the words ( Then gets two more ) are only Greek expletives , intro- duced to make up the verfe , and ...
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ABIGA ABIGA L Abigal æther Afide atque becauſe buſineſs BUTLER Cæfar Cafar caft Cato Cato's cauſe COACHMAN Conjurer cou'd dear death DECIUS doft thou Drum Duke of Anjou faid fame fancy FANTOM E Fantome father fecond fecret fervants fhall fhou'd firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak friends ftand ftill ftories fuch fuffer fure GARDINER Ghoft give good-natur'd hear heart Heav'n himſelf Ho--nour honour houfe houſe huſband JUBA juft LADY laft laſt loft lov'd LUCIA LUCIUS Madam mafter Marcia Marcus moſt muft muſt myſelf Numidian paffion perfon pleaſure Portius Pr'ythee praiſe Pray prefent Prince reaſon rife rifu Roman Rome ſay SCENE SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe Sir GEORGE ſpeak Steward ſtill ſuch Syphax talk tell thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tinfel TINSE TINSE L uſe VELLU virtue Widow wiſh woman wou'd САТО