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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... Grave Aldermen , ambitious , fhare In Alma Mater's claffic Fare : The blooming Toaft of Oxford Town Catch the Contagion of the Gown , And wish the wanton Ev'ning nigh , To have a Finger in the Pie . As fo enticing TYRRELL'S Houfe is ...
... Grave Aldermen , ambitious , fhare In Alma Mater's claffic Fare : The blooming Toaft of Oxford Town Catch the Contagion of the Gown , And wish the wanton Ev'ning nigh , To have a Finger in the Pie . As fo enticing TYRRELL'S Houfe is ...
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... . Such were the Joys that once Hilario crown'd , E'er grave Preferment came my Peace to rob : Such are the lefs ambitious Pleasures found Beneath the Liceat of an humble Bos . EPI EPISTLE , From THOMAS HEARN , Antiquary , F To ( 22 )
... . Such were the Joys that once Hilario crown'd , E'er grave Preferment came my Peace to rob : Such are the lefs ambitious Pleasures found Beneath the Liceat of an humble Bos . EPI EPISTLE , From THOMAS HEARN , Antiquary , F To ( 22 )
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... grave - like Grot ! ( What Time the Witch perform'd her Rite , ) Sprung from th ' Embrace of TASTE and Night ! O Queen ! that erft didft thinly fpread The Willowy Leaves o'er + ISIS ' Head , And to her meek Mien did'st dispense Woe's ...
... grave - like Grot ! ( What Time the Witch perform'd her Rite , ) Sprung from th ' Embrace of TASTE and Night ! O Queen ! that erft didft thinly fpread The Willowy Leaves o'er + ISIS ' Head , And to her meek Mien did'st dispense Woe's ...
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... grave and clear - starch'd band , He fears no Tradefman's Dunning . II . He paffes by each shop in Town , Nor hides his Face beneath his gown , No dread his heart invading ; He quaffs the Nectar of the Tuns , Or on a fpur - gall'd ...
... grave and clear - starch'd band , He fears no Tradefman's Dunning . II . He paffes by each shop in Town , Nor hides his Face beneath his gown , No dread his heart invading ; He quaffs the Nectar of the Tuns , Or on a fpur - gall'd ...
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... grave Judges too the glafs forbear , Who never fing and dance but once a year . This This truth once known , our poets take the hint ( 80 ) An Epiftle to Mr Robert Lowth; in Imitation Horace Book ii Epift 19 By the late Mr Chriftopher ...
... grave Judges too the glafs forbear , Who never fing and dance but once a year . This This truth once known , our poets take the hint ( 80 ) An Epiftle to Mr Robert Lowth; in Imitation Horace Book ii Epift 19 By the late Mr Chriftopher ...
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