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... Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames , For they are strong supporters ; but till then , The greatest are but growing gentlemen . Your kindred is not much amiss , ' t is true , Yet I am somewhat better born than you . The deeds of ...
... Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames , For they are strong supporters ; but till then , The greatest are but growing gentlemen . Your kindred is not much amiss , ' t is true , Yet I am somewhat better born than you . The deeds of ...
Page 106
... Twill but precipitate a situation Extremely disagreeable , but common To calculators when they count on woman . Byron , D. J. xiv . 43 . Not much he kens , I ween , of woman's breast , Who thinks that wanton thing is won by sighs . Do ...
... Twill but precipitate a situation Extremely disagreeable , but common To calculators when they count on woman . Byron , D. J. xiv . 43 . Not much he kens , I ween , of woman's breast , Who thinks that wanton thing is won by sighs . Do ...
Page 109
... Twill form in circles , round succeeding round , Each wider than the first . CRINOLINE . Coleridge . Colman the Younger . When Celia struts in man's attire , She shows too much to raise desire ; But from the hoop's bewitching round ...
... Twill form in circles , round succeeding round , Each wider than the first . CRINOLINE . Coleridge . Colman the Younger . When Celia struts in man's attire , She shows too much to raise desire ; But from the hoop's bewitching round ...
Page 133
... Twill be recorded for a precedent ; And many an error by the same example , Will rush into the state . DEDICATIONS . Leave flattery to fulsome dedicators , Sh . M. of V. IV . 1 . Whom when they praise the world believes no more , Than ...
... Twill be recorded for a precedent ; And many an error by the same example , Will rush into the state . DEDICATIONS . Leave flattery to fulsome dedicators , Sh . M. of V. IV . 1 . Whom when they praise the world believes no more , Than ...
Page 167
... twill court the fray . To all apparent beauties blind , Each blemish strikes an envious mind . In beauty faults conspicuous grow ; The smallest speck is seen on snow . Canst thou discern another's mind ? What is't you envy ? Envy's ...
... twill court the fray . To all apparent beauties blind , Each blemish strikes an envious mind . In beauty faults conspicuous grow ; The smallest speck is seen on snow . Canst thou discern another's mind ? What is't you envy ? Envy's ...
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