Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1746 - 328 pages |
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Page 287
... legs , then two , then three ; Then lofes one , then gets two more , And runs away at last on four . The firft 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 firft 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 last runs away upon four legs ? Were I difpofed to be fple- netick , I fhould ask if there was any thing in the new garland of riddles fo wild ...
... 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 difpofed to be fple- netick , I fhould ask if there was any thing in the new garland of riddles fo wild ...
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 . 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 to ...
... legs , viz . two natural and two artificial . 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 to ...
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ABIGA ABIGA L Abigal æther Afide againſt atque becauſe BUTLE BUTLER Cæfar Cafar caft Cato Cato's caufe cauſe COACHMAN Conjurer cou'd dear death DECIUS doft thou Drum Duke of Anjou faid fame FANTOM E Fantome father fecret fenfe fhall fhould firft firſt fome foon forrow foul fpeak friends ftand ftill ftory fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fure fword GARDINER Ghoft give grief hear heart Heav'n himſelf Ho--nour honour houſe JUBA LADY laft legs loft lov'd LUCIA LUCIU Madam mafter Marcia Marcus muft muſt myſelf Numidian paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure Portius Pr'ythee praiſe Pray prefent Prince queftion reaſon rife Roman Roman Senate Rome ſay SCENE SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhow Sir GEORGE Spanish monarchy ſpeak Syphax talk tell thee theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tinfel TINSE TINSE L VELLU virtue woman wou'd САТО