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... ease , well litter'd was the floor . His fellow , who the narrow bed had kept , Was weary , and without a rocker slept : Supine he snor'd ; but in the dead of night , He dreamt his friend appear'd before his sight , Who , with a ghastly ...
... ease , well litter'd was the floor . His fellow , who the narrow bed had kept , Was weary , and without a rocker slept : Supine he snor'd ; but in the dead of night , He dreamt his friend appear'd before his sight , Who , with a ghastly ...
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... with a mischief to their kind , 560 Pervert , with bad advice , our better mind . A woman's counsel brought us first to woe , And made her man his paradise forego , - Where at heart's ease he liv'd ; and might have 24 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
... with a mischief to their kind , 560 Pervert , with bad advice , our better mind . A woman's counsel brought us first to woe , And made her man his paradise forego , - Where at heart's ease he liv'd ; and might have 24 THE COCK AND THE FOX .
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John Bell. Where at heart's ease he liv'd ; and might have been As free from sorrow as he was from sin . For what the devil had their sex to do , That , born to folly , they presum'd to know , And could not see the serpent in the grass ...
John Bell. Where at heart's ease he liv'd ; and might have been As free from sorrow as he was from sin . For what the devil had their sex to do , That , born to folly , they presum'd to know , And could not see the serpent in the grass ...
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... ease than others seek their bed . Not more aghast the matrons of renown , When tyrant Nero burn'd th ' imperial town , Shriek'd , for the downfal , in a doleful cry ; For which their guiltless lords were doom'd to die . Now to my story ...
... ease than others seek their bed . Not more aghast the matrons of renown , When tyrant Nero burn'd th ' imperial town , Shriek'd , for the downfal , in a doleful cry ; For which their guiltless lords were doom'd to die . Now to my story ...
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... ease was seen , As if nor fence , nor tree , was plac'd between , ' Twas border'd with a field ; and some was plain 90 With grass ; and some was sow'd with rising grain- That ( now the dew , with spangles , deck'd the ground ) A sweeter ...
... ease was seen , As if nor fence , nor tree , was plac'd between , ' Twas border'd with a field ; and some was plain 90 With grass ; and some was sow'd with rising grain- That ( now the dew , with spangles , deck'd the ground ) A sweeter ...
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Page 121 - Behold the fruit of ill-rewarded pain .. As many months as I sustain'd her hate, So many years is she condemned by Fate To daily death ; and every several place, Conscious of her disdain and my disgrace, Must witness her just punishment ; and be A scene of triumph and revenge to me ! As in this grove I took my last...
Page 24 - Add, that the rich have still a gibe in store, And will be monstrous witty on the poor; For the torn surtout and the tatter'd vest, The wretch and all his wardrobe are a jest; The greasy gown sully'd with often turning, Gives a good hint to say the man's in mourning; Or if the shoe be ript, or patch is put, He's wounded ! see the plaster on his foot.
Page 8 - But oh! what joy it was to hear him sing In summer, when the day began to spring, Stretching his neck, and warbling in his throat; Solus cum sola then was all his note.
Page 157 - Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...
Page 144 - Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand ; This was the morn when, issuing on the guard, Drawn up in rank and file they stood prepared Of seeming arms to make a short essay, Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.
Page 11 - pothecary near, I dare for once prescribe for your disease, And save long bills, and a damn'd doctor's fees.
Page 79 - For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky...
Page 157 - What is't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms arise and clouds grow black, If the mast split, and threaten wreck ? Then let the greedy merchant fear For his ill-gotten gain ; And pray to gods that will not hear, While the debating winds and billows bear J His wealth into the main.
Page 74 - Want is a bitter and a hateful good, Because its virtues are not understood : Yet many things, impossible to thought, Have been by need to full perfection brought : The daring of the soul proceeds from thence...
Page 64 - Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue.