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... , bush and tree , So like the place from whence I came , That one would fwear it were the fame . My former legs too , by their pace ! And by the whifkers , ' tis my face ! The The felf - fame habit , garb and mien ! 44 ROSAMON D.
... , bush and tree , So like the place from whence I came , That one would fwear it were the fame . My former legs too , by their pace ! And by the whifkers , ' tis my face ! The The felf - fame habit , garb and mien ! 44 ROSAMON D.
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... leg adopts the stick . Now in your turn , ' tis juft , methinks , You should refolve me , Madam Sphinx , What stranger creature yet is he , Who has four legs , then two , then three , Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away ...
... leg adopts the stick . Now in your turn , ' tis juft , methinks , You should refolve me , Madam Sphinx , What stranger creature yet is he , Who has four legs , then two , then three , Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away ...
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... legs at night . Then follows the fecond riddle : What creature , fays he , is it that first uses four legs , then two legs , then three legs ; then lofes one leg , then gets two legs , and at last runs away upon four legs ? Were I ...
... legs at night . Then follows the fecond riddle : What creature , fays he , is it that first uses four legs , then two legs , then three legs ; then lofes one leg , then gets two legs , and at last runs away upon four legs ? Were I ...
Page 305
... leg is a leg of mutton , two legs is a fervant- maid , three legs is a joint - ftool , which in the Sphinx's country was called a tripod ; as four legs is a dog , who in all nations and . ages has been reckoned a quadruped . We have now ...
... leg is a leg of mutton , two legs is a fervant- maid , three legs is a joint - ftool , which in the Sphinx's country was called a tripod ; as four legs is a dog , who in all nations and . ages has been reckoned a quadruped . We have now ...
Page 306
... legs , like other men ; and that in his more advanced age , he got a white staff in Queen Jocasta'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 Jocasta'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 ...
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ABIGA ABIGA L Abigal Afide againſt Behold BUTLER Cæfar Cafar Cato Cato's caufe cauſe charms COACHMAN conjurer dear death DECIUS doft thou drum Duke of Anjou faid fame Fantome father fatire fecond fecret fenate fenfe fervants fhall firſt fome foon forrow foul fpeak fpirit friends ftand ftill fuch fure fword GARDINER ghoſt give GRIDELINE grief hear heart heav'n himſelf Ho--nour houſe huſband JUBA KING LADY laft laſt loft LUCIA LUCIU Madam mafter Marcia Marcus moſt muft muſt myſelf nonfenfe Numidian o'er occafion paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure PORTIU Pr'ythee prefent Prince QUEEN raiſe reaſon rife Rofamond Roman Rome ROSAMON ſay SCENE ſee Sempronius ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow Sir GEORGE Sir TRUSTY Spanish monarchy ſpeak ſtand ſteward ſtill ſuch SY PHA Syphax tell thee theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tinfel TINSE TINSE L VELLU Vellum virtue