The Oxford Sausage: Or, Select Poetical Pieces, Written by the Most Celebrated Wits of the University of OxfordS. Watson, 1766 - 190 pages |
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... dear BEN to call at , Or for the Pocket or the Palate . For thee , the Citizen and Cit Their cold boil'd Beef and Carrots quit : Grave Aldermen , ambitious , fhare In Alma Mater's claffic Fare : The blooming Toaft of Oxford Town Catch ...
... dear BEN to call at , Or for the Pocket or the Palate . For thee , the Citizen and Cit Their cold boil'd Beef and Carrots quit : Grave Aldermen , ambitious , fhare In Alma Mater's claffic Fare : The blooming Toaft of Oxford Town Catch ...
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... dear Sir , no Poets please the town , ' Twho drink mere Water , though from Helicon For in cold blood they feldom boldly think ; Their Rhymes are more infipid than their drink . Not great Apollo could the train infpire , Till generous ...
... dear Sir , no Poets please the town , ' Twho drink mere Water , though from Helicon For in cold blood they feldom boldly think ; Their Rhymes are more infipid than their drink . Not great Apollo could the train infpire , Till generous ...
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... dear Spence , the honeft and the civil , But to cry up a Rascal- -that's the Devil . Who guards a good Man's Character , ' tis known , At the fame Time protects and guards his own . For as with Houfes , ' tis with Peoples Names , A Shed ...
... dear Spence , the honeft and the civil , But to cry up a Rascal- -that's the Devil . Who guards a good Man's Character , ' tis known , At the fame Time protects and guards his own . For as with Houfes , ' tis with Peoples Names , A Shed ...
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... dear Delights of Womankind , And could , without Reluctance , fee The Powers of Talk - inspiring Tea , Imperial in its laft Decay Glad Mrs. Betty's harmless Prey ; When all the Fountains that fupply The Pools of rich Quadrille were dry ...
... dear Delights of Womankind , And could , without Reluctance , fee The Powers of Talk - inspiring Tea , Imperial in its laft Decay Glad Mrs. Betty's harmless Prey ; When all the Fountains that fupply The Pools of rich Quadrille were dry ...
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... Dear Maem , above all Sorts of Greens , They fay the Pruffian Schemes are quash'd- Oh Maem , ' tis admirably hafh'd- Some Pepper - and I hear Argyle A little Vinegar and Oil- But that , perhaps , is all a Jeft , Sir▭▭▭▭▭ Maem ...
... Dear Maem , above all Sorts of Greens , They fay the Pruffian Schemes are quash'd- Oh Maem , ' tis admirably hafh'd- Some Pepper - and I hear Argyle A little Vinegar and Oil- But that , perhaps , is all a Jeft , Sir▭▭▭▭▭ Maem ...
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