Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 276
... foon as faid- Your honour's fure when once the money's paid ; My brother whip , impatient of delay , Puts to at three , and fwears he cannot stay ; ( Four difmal hours ere the break of day . ) Rous'd from found fleep , thrice call'd ...
... foon as faid- Your honour's fure when once the money's paid ; My brother whip , impatient of delay , Puts to at three , and fwears he cannot stay ; ( Four difmal hours ere the break of day . ) Rous'd from found fleep , thrice call'd ...
Page 311
... foon , And paffing proud a little colour makes thee . If thee thy brittle beauty fo deccives , [ bane ; Know then , the thing that fwells thee is thy For the fame beauty doth in bloody leaves The fentence of thy early death contain ...
... foon , And paffing proud a little colour makes thee . If thee thy brittle beauty fo deccives , [ bane ; Know then , the thing that fwells thee is thy For the fame beauty doth in bloody leaves The fentence of thy early death contain ...
Page 328
... foon , too foon , it will be night , Arife , my love , and come away . $ 43 . Song . From the Lapland Tongue . STEEL . HASTE , my rein - deer ! and let us nimbly go Our amorous journey through this dreary wafte : Hafte , my rein - deer ...
... foon , too foon , it will be night , Arife , my love , and come away . $ 43 . Song . From the Lapland Tongue . STEEL . HASTE , my rein - deer ! and let us nimbly go Our amorous journey through this dreary wafte : Hafte , my rein - deer ...
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