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... play ; They smelt the fresh approach of day , And heard a cock to crow ; . The whirling wind that bore the crowd , Has clapp'd the door , and whistled loud , To warn them all to go . Then , Then , fcreaming all at once , they fly , B ...
... play ; They smelt the fresh approach of day , And heard a cock to crow ; . The whirling wind that bore the crowd , Has clapp'd the door , and whistled loud , To warn them all to go . Then , Then , fcreaming all at once , they fly , B ...
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... play'd ; Her looks diffufive fweets bequeath'd , The breeze grew purer as she breath'd , The morn her radiant blush affum'd , The fpring with earlier fragrance bloom'd ; And Nature , yearly , took delight , Like her , to drefs the world ...
... play'd ; Her looks diffufive fweets bequeath'd , The breeze grew purer as she breath'd , The morn her radiant blush affum'd , The fpring with earlier fragrance bloom'd ; And Nature , yearly , took delight , Like her , to drefs the world ...
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... play : High flights fhe had , and wit at will ; And fo her tongue lay feldom ftill : For , in all vifits , who but fhe , To argue , or to repartee ? $ She made it plain , that human paffion Was order'd by predeftination ; That if weak ...
... play : High flights fhe had , and wit at will ; And fo her tongue lay feldom ftill : For , in all vifits , who but fhe , To argue , or to repartee ? $ She made it plain , that human paffion Was order'd by predeftination ; That if weak ...
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... play , As each was proper for the day ; A turn , in fummer , to Hyde Park , When it grew tolerably dark . 1 Wife's pleasure caufes husband's pain : Strange fancies come in Hans's brain : He thought of what he did not name ; And would ...
... play , As each was proper for the day ; A turn , in fummer , to Hyde Park , When it grew tolerably dark . 1 Wife's pleasure caufes husband's pain : Strange fancies come in Hans's brain : He thought of what he did not name ; And would ...
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... play : Landlord , and landlady , he cry'd , Folly and jefting laid afide , That ye thus hofpitably live , debtors . And strangers with good chear receive , Is mighty grateful to your betters , And makes e'en gods themselves your To give ...
... play : Landlord , and landlady , he cry'd , Folly and jefting laid afide , That ye thus hofpitably live , debtors . And strangers with good chear receive , Is mighty grateful to your betters , And makes e'en gods themselves your To give ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...