Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry Selected for the Impropvement of Young Persons Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, 2. köideJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... never go into company while the fit of ill- humour is upon you . Instead of company's diverting you in thofe moments , you will difpleafe , and probably fhock them ; and you will part worle friends than you met : but whenever you find ...
... never go into company while the fit of ill- humour is upon you . Instead of company's diverting you in thofe moments , you will difpleafe , and probably fhock them ; and you will part worle friends than you met : but whenever you find ...
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... never coft me a blush ; and that their fon , fuch as he is , never coft them a tear . I have purposely omitted to confider your lordship's criticiims on my poetry . As they are exactly the fame with thofe of the fore - mentioned authors ...
... never coft me a blush ; and that their fon , fuch as he is , never coft them a tear . I have purposely omitted to confider your lordship's criticiims on my poetry . As they are exactly the fame with thofe of the fore - mentioned authors ...
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... never sets his heart upon what he cannot have . A lewd batchelor makes a jealous husband .. That crown is well spent which saves you ten . Love can do much , but scorn or disdain can do more . If you would have a thing kept secret , never ...
... never sets his heart upon what he cannot have . A lewd batchelor makes a jealous husband .. That crown is well spent which saves you ten . Love can do much , but scorn or disdain can do more . If you would have a thing kept secret , never ...
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