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... dog distract , or monkey fick ; That with more care keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way ; Compound for fins they are inclin'd to , By damning those they have no mind to : Still fo perverfe and oppofite , As if they ...
... dog distract , or monkey fick ; That with more care keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way ; Compound for fins they are inclin'd to , By damning those they have no mind to : Still fo perverfe and oppofite , As if they ...
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... dog distract , or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way ; Compound for fins they are inclin❜d to , By damning those they have no mind to : Still fo perverfe and oppofite , " As if they ...
... dog distract , or monkey sick ; That with more care keep holy - day The wrong , than others the right way ; Compound for fins they are inclin❜d to , By damning those they have no mind to : Still fo perverfe and oppofite , " As if they ...
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... the Knight what befel him there : And though you overcame the Bear , The dogs beat you at Brentford fair , Where sturdy butchers broke your noddle . And to crack'd fiddle and hoarfe tabor , In merriment 34 BUTLER'S POEMS .
... the Knight what befel him there : And though you overcame the Bear , The dogs beat you at Brentford fair , Where sturdy butchers broke your noddle . And to crack'd fiddle and hoarfe tabor , In merriment 34 BUTLER'S POEMS .
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... Dog and Bear , 710 As he believ'd h ' was bound to do In confcience and commiffion too ; And therefore thus befpoke the Squire : We that are wifely mounted higher Than 66 loofe ; " That all manner of perfons give way to the " bull ...
... Dog and Bear , 710 As he believ'd h ' was bound to do In confcience and commiffion too ; And therefore thus befpoke the Squire : We that are wifely mounted higher Than 66 loofe ; " That all manner of perfons give way to the " bull ...
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... Dog and Bear are to difpute , For fo of late men fighting name , Because they often prove the fame ; ( For where the firft does hap to be , The last does coincidere ) 725 Quantum in nobis , have thought good To fave th ' expence of ...
... Dog and Bear are to difpute , For fo of late men fighting name , Because they often prove the fame ; ( For where the firft does hap to be , The last does coincidere ) 725 Quantum in nobis , have thought good To fave th ' expence of ...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces ..., Volume 6, Page 1 Samuel Johnson No preview available - 1779 |
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Page 8 - He'd run in debt by disputation, And pay with ratiocination : All this by syllogism true, In mood and figure he would do. For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope : And when he happen'd to break off I' th' middle of his speech, or cough, H...
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