Anthologia: A Collection of Epigrams, Ludicrous Epitaphs, Sonnets, Tales, Miscellaneous Anecdotes, &c. &c., Interspersed with OriginalsC. Spilsbury and sold by S. Highley, 1807 - 184 pages |
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... hearts has induced the Editor to intersperse , in this selection , a few original trifles , the production of his leisure hours : should they be deemed deficient in merit , he has no other apology to offer , except that at the time of ...
... hearts has induced the Editor to intersperse , in this selection , a few original trifles , the production of his leisure hours : should they be deemed deficient in merit , he has no other apology to offer , except that at the time of ...
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... heart , His ill - got hoards and he must part . 66 Imprimis , " Gripus says , " to Dan , " Thou yet hast been a careful man , " I give - oh ! —all my land - estate . " " Dear father ! " cries the joyful cheat , " I hope you'll live ...
... heart , His ill - got hoards and he must part . 66 Imprimis , " Gripus says , " to Dan , " Thou yet hast been a careful man , " I give - oh ! —all my land - estate . " " Dear father ! " cries the joyful cheat , " I hope you'll live ...
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... hearts surprise At once with joy and wonder ; She bears Jove's lightning in her But in her voice his thunder . eyes , EPITAPH ON A LAWYER . ENTOMB'D within this vault a Lawyer lies , Who , Fame assureth us , was just and wise , An able ...
... hearts surprise At once with joy and wonder ; She bears Jove's lightning in her But in her voice his thunder . eyes , EPITAPH ON A LAWYER . ENTOMB'D within this vault a Lawyer lies , Who , Fame assureth us , was just and wise , An able ...
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... heart ; oh , damn ' em all ! Now help me out ! " - " There's one thing more ; Salute this cross , and Christ adore ! " 66 There , there ! I Christ adore ! " — " " Tis well ; ' Thus arm'd , defiance bid to hell . And yet another thing ...
... heart ; oh , damn ' em all ! Now help me out ! " - " There's one thing more ; Salute this cross , and Christ adore ! " 66 There , there ! I Christ adore ! " — " " Tis well ; ' Thus arm'd , defiance bid to hell . And yet another thing ...
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... heart full glad ; But had it been poor David's fáte To hear thee sing and them translate , By Jove ' twou'd have made him mad . EPITAPH , IN ROCHESTER CHURCH - YARD . THOUGH young she was , Her youth could not withstand , Nor her ...
... heart full glad ; But had it been poor David's fáte To hear thee sing and them translate , By Jove ' twou'd have made him mad . EPITAPH , IN ROCHESTER CHURCH - YARD . THOUGH young she was , Her youth could not withstand , Nor her ...
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Page 180 - But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A traveller came to the Well of St. Keyne...
Page 101 - Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir, Only last night a-drinking at the Chequers, This poor old hat and breeches, as you see, were Torn in a scuffle. "Constables came up for to take me into Custody; they took me before the justice; Justice Oldmixon put me in the parish-Stocks for a vagrant.
Page 92 - Explain'd the matter, and would win the cause. Dame Justice weighing long the doubtful right, Takes, opens, swallows it, before their sight. The cause of strife removed so rarely well, There take (says Justice), take ye each a shell.
Page 101 - All in a lawsuit? (Have you not read the Rights of Man, by Tom Paine?) Drops of compassion tremble on my eyelids, Ready to fall, as soon as you have told your Pitiful story.
Page 155 - Flavia the least and slightest toy Can with resistless art employ. This Fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she, with such an air and mien, Not to be told or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow ; Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame.
Page 181 - Keyne,' quoth the Cornish-man, 'many a time Drank of this crystal Well, And before the Angel summoned her, She laid on the water a spell. 'If the husband of this gifted Well Shall drink before his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For he shall be master for life.
Page 46 - Immortal Newton never spoke More truth, than here you'll find, Nor Pope himself e'er penn'da joke More cruel on mankind. '' The picture placed the busts between Gives satire its full strength ; Wisdom and Wit are little seen. But Folly at full length.
Page 151 - Tis not her air, for sure in that There's nothing more than common ; And all her sense is only chat, Like any other woman. Her voice, her touch, might give th' alarm, 'Twas both perhaps — or neither : In short, 'twas that provoking charm Of Celia all together.
Page 44 - This faded form ! this pallid hue ! ; This blood my veins is clotting in, My years are many — They were few When first I enter'd at the U — — NIVERSITY of Gottingen — — NIVERSITY of Gottingen.
Page 181 - I'll venture my life She has drunk of the Well of St. Keyne ." "I have left a good woman who never was here...