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" Dame, (quoth the Raven) spare your oaths, Unclench your fist, and wipe your clothes. But why on me those curses thrown ? Goody, the fault was all your own ; For had you laid this brittle ware On Dun, the old sure-footed mare, Though all the Ravens of... "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 88
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Fables

John Gay - 1728 - 218 pages
...thofe curfes thrown ? Goody, the fault was all your own; For had you laid this brittle ware On <D#», the old fure-footed mare, Though all the ravens of the Hundred With croaking had your tongue out-thunder'd, Sure-footed 1)un had kept his legs, And you, good woman, fav'd your eggs. FABLE FABLE...
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The complete fabulist: or, A choice collection of moral and entertaining ...

Complete fabulist - 1732 - 402 pages
...fift, and wipe your cloaths ; But why on me thole curfes thrown.? Goody, the fault was all your own ; For had you laid this brittle ware On Dun, the old...Ravens of the Hundred With croaking had your tongue out-thunder'd, Sure-footed Dun had kept her legs, And you, good Woman, fav'd your ec,p,3. O 3 ^ xxxix....
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Fables

John Gay - 1737 - 418 pages
...fault was all your own ; L 2 . For • For had you laid this brittle ware On Dun, the old furc-footed mare, Though all the ravens of the Hundred With croaking had your tongue out-thunder'd, Sure-footed Dun had kept his legs, And you, good woman, fav'd your eggs. FABLE 1 W....
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Fables

John Gay - 1746 - 212 pages
...fift, and wipe your cloaths,; But why on rne thofe curfes thrown ? Goody, the fault was all your own; For had you laid this brittle ware On Dun, the old...Ravens of the Hundred "With croaking had your tongue out-thunder 'd, Sure-footed Dun had kept his legs, And you, good woman, fav'd your eggs. ' '43 FABLE...
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The Edinburgh Entertainer: Containing Historical and Poetical Collections ...

1750 - 372 pages
...fift, and wipe your cloaths. But why on me thofe curfes thrown? Goody, the fault was all your own ; For had you laid this brittle ware On Dun, the old...Ravens of the hundred, "With croaking had your tongue out:thunSure-footed Dun had kept her legs, (der'd, And you, good woman, fav'd your eggs. FABLE FABLE...
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The Works of Mr. John Gay: In Four Volumes. To which is Added an Account of ...

John Gay - 1770 - 204 pages
...fift, and wipe your cloaths. Butwhy on me thofe curfes thrown ? Goody, the fault was all your own ; For had you laid this brittle ware On Dun, the old...ravens of the hundred, With croaking had your tongue out-thunder'd, Sure-footed Dun had kept her legs, And you, good woman, fav'd your eggs. FABLE XXXVIIL...
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Fables

John Gay - 1772 - 308 pages
...fift, and wipe your cloaths. By why on me thofe curfes thrown f Goody, the fault was all your own ; For had you laid this brittle ware, On Dun, the old...the ravens of the hundred, With croaking had your tQflgae eut-thunder'd, Sure-footed Dun had kept her legs, And you, good woman, fav'd your eggs. FABSXXGL....
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Fables of Mr. John Gay, with an Italian translation, by Gian Francesco Giorgetti

John Gay - 1773 - 388 pages
...accaduto ; E nel mentre io parlo, intere Sarian 1' uova nel paniere. Goody, the fault was all your own ; For had you laid this brittle ware, On Dun the old...Ravens of the hundred, "With croaking had your tongue out thufider'd, Si»re footed Dun had kept her legs, And you, good woman, fav'd your eggs. *- r FAVOLA...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 37

English poets - 1790 - 316 pages
...fift, and wipe your cloaths. But why on me thofe curfes thrown ? Goody, the fault was all your own ; 40 For, had you laid this brittle ware On Dun, the old...her legs, 45 And you, good Woman, fav'd your eggs." FABLE XXXVIII. T.HE TURKEY AND THE ANT. TN other men we faults can fpy, * And blame the mote that dims...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...fift, and wipe your clothct. But why on me thofc curfes thrown ? Goody, the fault was all your own ; H | [ / { ʑw vzϕ_9 . c ُOFr XSŞ out-thuadcr'd, Sure-footed Dun had kept his legs, And you, good woman, lav'd your cggi. !•••...
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