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" Happy the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling: he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie or... "
Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces - Page 209
edited by - 1821 - 807 pages
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The Poems of Robert Fergusson

Robert Fergusson, James Gray - 1821 - 282 pages
...peerless fancy hauds her court, And tunes her lays. CAULER OYSTERS. Happy the man, who, free from care and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains...pain New oysters cry'd, nor sighs for cheerful ale. Phillips. O' a' the waters that can hobble A fishing yole or sa'mon coble, An' can reward the fisher's...
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The poems of Robert Fergusson, with a life of theauthor, and remarks on his ...

Robert Fergusson - 1821 - 278 pages
...peerless fancy hauds her court, And tunes her lays. CAULER OYSTERS. Happy the man, who, free from care and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains...pain New oysters cry'd, nor sighs for cheerful ale. PhiUija. O' a' the waters that can hobble A fishing yole or sa'mon coble, An' can reward the fisher's...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 304 pages
...silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling ! he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale ; But with his friends,...repairs; Where, mindful of the nymph, whose wanton eye Transfix' d his soul, and kindled amorous flames, Chloe, or Phillis ; he each circling glass Wisheth...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 298 pages
...submission, by, SIR, Your most obliged and humble servant, J. PHILIPS. THE SPLENDID SHILLING. HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or...Splendid Shilling ! he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie,...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...b. 2. Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, Get riches first, get wealth. Ibid. Happy the man, who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A splendid shilling. Philip's Splendid Shilling. High-built abundance, heap on heap ! for what ? To breed new wants, and...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1064 pages
...PHILIPS— AD 1676-1708. THE SPLENDID SHILLING. Happy the man, who void of cares and strife, In eilken ublished by William C. Hall eighe for cheerful ale ; But with his friends, when nightly miete arise, To Juniper's Magpie, or Town-hall...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...pointed to the brook. PHILIPS— AD I676-I708. THE SPLENDID SHILLING. HAPPY the man, who void of eares ntments drear, Where more is meant than meets the...Thus Night oft see me in thy pale eareer, Till eivil ery'd, nor sighs for eheerful ale ; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie,...
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The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster ..., Volume 2

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pages
...yet in prose or rhime, A shilling, breeches, and chimseras dire. Happy the man, who void of care or strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A splendid shilling! He nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie...
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The Monuments and Genii of St.Paul's and Westminster Abbey: Comprising Naval ...

George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1044 pages
...yet in prose or rhime, A shilling, breeches, and chimaeras dire. Happy the man, who void of care or strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A splendid shilling ! He nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale ; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...contradicted: and if Js' s conflict of opinion and sentiments I find delight. — Johnson. DX. Happy the man, who void of cares and strife, In silken or...repairs: Where mindful of the nymph, whose wanton eye Transfix'd his soul and kindled amorous flames, Chloe or Phillis, he each circling glass Wished her...
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