 Two hundred pounds, half-yearly paid, Annuity securely made, A farm some twenty miles from town, Small, tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow...  The Spleen: An Epistle Inscribed to His Particular Friend Mr. C.J. - Page 35by Matthew Green - 1738 - 67 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Green - 1737 - 66 lehte
...farm fome twenty miles from town, 630 Small, tight, falubrious, and my own j Two maids, that never faw the town > A ferving-man not quite a clown ; A boy...the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough; 635 A chief of temper form'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and keep the keys, And better to preferve... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1755 - 356 lehte
...falubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never faw the town, A ferving man not quite, a clown, • AbojA boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other...holds the plough ; A chief of temper form'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and keep the keys ; And better to preferve the peace, Commiffion'd by the name of... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 lehte
...falubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never faw the town, A ferving-man not quite a clown, A boy A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other...holds the plough; A chief of temper form'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and keep the keys ; And better to preferve the peace, Commiffion'd by the name of... | |
 | 1758 - 352 lehte
...falubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never faw the town, A ferving-man not quite a clown, A boy A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t'other holds the plough ; A chief of temper forrn'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and keep the keys ; And better to preferve the peace, CommiUion'd... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 392 lehte
...farm fome twenty miles from town, Small, tight, falubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never faw the town, A ferving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t' other holds the plough ; VOL. I. LA chief A chief of temper form'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and... | |
 | 1765 - 396 lehte
...from town, Small, tight, falubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never faw the town, A fefving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t' other holds the plough ; Voj.. I. LA chief A chief of temper form'd to pleafir, Fit to converfe,... | |
 | 1782 - 402 lehte
...farm fome twenty miles from town, Small, tight, falubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never faw the town, A ferving-man not quite a clown, A boy to...holds the plough; A chief, of temper form'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and keep the keys ; And better to preferve the peace, Commiffion'd by the name of... | |
 | William Enfield - 1785 - 460 lehte
...from town, Small, tight, falubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never faw the town, A ferving man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow, And drive, while t' other holds the plough ; A chief, of temper form'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and keep the keys... | |
 | John Bell - 1789 - 376 lehte
...from town, ^, Small, tight, salubrious, and my own ; Two maids, that never saw the town, A serving-man not quite a clown, A boy to help to tread the mow,...t'other holds the plough ; A chief, of temper form'd to please, Fit to converse, and keep the keys ; And better to preserve the peace, Commission'd by the... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 270 lehte
...A farm fome twenty miles from town, Small, tight, falubrious, and my own; Two maids, that never faw the town, A ferving-man, not quite a clown, A boy...holds the plough; A chief, of temper form'd to pleafe, Fit to converfe, and keep the keys ; And better to preferve the peace, Commiflion'd by the name of... | |
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