Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... who best deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both triflers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . LONDON : PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY , DORSET 1825 .
... who best deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both triflers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET . LONDON : PRINTED BY S. AND R. BENTLEY , DORSET 1825 .
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... thou goddess fair and free , In Heaven yclept Euphrosyne ; " and before I go any farther , let me observe how abun- dantly the Pagan heaven was provided with heart- easing mirth ; for besides the damsel we have men- tioned , Venus is ...
... thou goddess fair and free , In Heaven yclept Euphrosyne ; " and before I go any farther , let me observe how abun- dantly the Pagan heaven was provided with heart- easing mirth ; for besides the damsel we have men- tioned , Venus is ...
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... thou again wilt never be press'd unto my heart ; For tho ' thou wert but young , thou wert made to us most dear , By a little age of sickness , anxiety , and fear.- How often with thy father have I sat beside thy bed , How we look'd at ...
... thou again wilt never be press'd unto my heart ; For tho ' thou wert but young , thou wert made to us most dear , By a little age of sickness , anxiety , and fear.- How often with thy father have I sat beside thy bed , How we look'd at ...
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... thou- sands have started from the great ante - natal infinite to light and life ; while as many have returned into the darkness of the invisible world . And we ourselves , though we sometimes exclaim like the Emperor Titus , that we ...
... thou- sands have started from the great ante - natal infinite to light and life ; while as many have returned into the darkness of the invisible world . And we ourselves , though we sometimes exclaim like the Emperor Titus , that we ...
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... thou not sometimes encountered a starched - looking quiz , who seemed to have steeped his countenance in vinegar to preserve it from the infection of laughter ? -a per- sonage of whom it might be pronounced , as Butler 80 GAIETIES AND ...
... thou not sometimes encountered a starched - looking quiz , who seemed to have steeped his countenance in vinegar to preserve it from the infection of laughter ? -a per- sonage of whom it might be pronounced , as Butler 80 GAIETIES AND ...
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