The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page 13
... hear an idiot quote A verse from Horace learn'd by rote . Vice , if it e'er can be abash'd , Must be or ridicul'd or lash'd . If you resent it , who's to blame ? He neither knows you , nor your name . Should vice expect to ' scape ...
... hear an idiot quote A verse from Horace learn'd by rote . Vice , if it e'er can be abash'd , Must be or ridicul'd or lash'd . If you resent it , who's to blame ? He neither knows you , nor your name . Should vice expect to ' scape ...
Page 21
... hear his dying cries , Then mount and see his throne above . See where he languish'd on the cross ; Beneath my sins he groan'd and died ; See where he sits to plead my cause By his almighty Father's side . If I behold his bleeding heart ...
... hear his dying cries , Then mount and see his throne above . See where he languish'd on the cross ; Beneath my sins he groan'd and died ; See where he sits to plead my cause By his almighty Father's side . If I behold his bleeding heart ...
Page 31
... hears with pain New oysters cry'd , nor sighs for cheerful ale ; But with his friends , when nightly mists arise , To Juniper's Magpie , or Town - Hall , repairs , Where , mindful of the nymph whose wanton eye Transfix'd his soul and ...
... hears with pain New oysters cry'd , nor sighs for cheerful ale ; But with his friends , when nightly mists arise , To Juniper's Magpie , or Town - Hall , repairs , Where , mindful of the nymph whose wanton eye Transfix'd his soul and ...
Page 38
... hears , and thus replies : " Without a vain , without a grudging heart , To him who gives us all I yield a part ; From him you come , for him accept it here , A frank and sober , more than costly cheer . " He spoke , and bid the welcome ...
... hears , and thus replies : " Without a vain , without a grudging heart , To him who gives us all I yield a part ; From him you come , for him accept it here , A frank and sober , more than costly cheer . " He spoke , and bid the welcome ...
Page 52
... hear a voice you cannot hear , Which says , I must not stay ; I see a hand you cannot see , Which beckons me away . By a false heart , and broken vows , In early youth I die : Was I to blame , because his bride Was thrice as rich as I ...
... hear a voice you cannot hear , Which says , I must not stay ; I see a hand you cannot see , Which beckons me away . By a false heart , and broken vows , In early youth I die : Was I to blame , because his bride Was thrice as rich as I ...
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