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" My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. "
Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin ... - Page 309
by William Cowper - 1836
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Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining

Oliver Goldsmith - 1785 - 568 pages
...in : Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up ; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit — '' My head is twice as big as yours, " They therefore needs muft fit. ••...
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The Life of John Gilpin,: Taken from Divers Manuscripts in the Possession of ...

William Cowper - 1785 - 184 pages
...in : Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit— .* My head is twice as big as yours, •* They therefore needs muft fit •-«...
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Annual Register, Volume 26

Edmund Burke - 1785 - 652 pages
...in. *' Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, "' A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. " He held them up¿ and in hïs turn Thus fhow'd his ready wit— ' My head is twice as big as yours¿ They therefore needs muft...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word. But to the houfe went in. Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turii Thus fhow'd his ready wit,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...His friend in merry^ pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in ; Whence flrait he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...merry pin, . * Return'd him not a fingle word, V. .. .. .; But to the houfe went in ; • Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the \wjrfe for wear, * Each comely in its kind. He He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in ; Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig., A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...

William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in; Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - 1794 - 268 pages
...find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a fingle word, But to the houfe went in : Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig A wig that flow'd behind, -A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus fliew'd his ready wit...
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Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].

1795 - 94 pages
...be here, They are upon the road. The callender, right glad to find His friend in merry pin, Return'd him not a single word, But to the house went in; Whence strait he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each...
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