The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 20Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... and gleanings of Duck - lane . And up thefe walls much Gothic lumber climbs , With Swifs philofophy , and Runic rhymes . * Dr. Tyfon . E 3 Hither , Hither , retriev'd from cooks and grocers , come Mede's THE DISPENSARY . CANTO IV . 53.
... and gleanings of Duck - lane . And up thefe walls much Gothic lumber climbs , With Swifs philofophy , and Runic rhymes . * Dr. Tyfon . E 3 Hither , Hither , retriev'd from cooks and grocers , come Mede's THE DISPENSARY . CANTO IV . 53.
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Hither , retriev'd from cooks and grocers , come Mede's works entire , and endless reams of Blome . Where would the long - neglected Collins fly , If bounteous Carus fhould refufe ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Hither , retriev'd from cooks and grocers , come Mede's works entire , and endless reams of Blome . Where would the long - neglected Collins fly , If bounteous Carus fhould refufe ...
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... cook with art increas'd phyficians ' fees : Nor ferv'd up Death in foups and fricafees : Their tafte was , like their temper , unrefin'd ; For looks were then the language of the mind . Ere right and wrong , by turns , fet prices bore ...
... cook with art increas'd phyficians ' fees : Nor ferv'd up Death in foups and fricafees : Their tafte was , like their temper , unrefin'd ; For looks were then the language of the mind . Ere right and wrong , by turns , fet prices bore ...
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... Cooks you 66 may depend upon ; " which is very ufeful , where there is a numerous iffue . And I doubt not but , with fuch tutors , and good houfe - keepers to provide cake and fweet - meats , together with the tender care of an ...
... Cooks you 66 may depend upon ; " which is very ufeful , where there is a numerous iffue . And I doubt not but , with fuch tutors , and good houfe - keepers to provide cake and fweet - meats , together with the tender care of an ...
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... Cooks , who are not of the moft patient difpofition , as their under - fervants too often experience . I wish I might prevail with them to moderate their paffions , which will be the greater conqueft , feeing a continual , heat is added ...
... Cooks , who are not of the moft patient difpofition , as their under - fervants too often experience . I wish I might prevail with them to moderate their paffions , which will be the greater conqueft , feeing a continual , heat is added ...
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