The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... person amiable , straight , and free From natural , or chance deformity . Let not her years exceed , if equal thine ; For women past their vigour , soon decline : Her fortune competent ; and , if thy sight Can reach so far , take care ...
... person amiable , straight , and free From natural , or chance deformity . Let not her years exceed , if equal thine ; For women past their vigour , soon decline : Her fortune competent ; and , if thy sight Can reach so far , take care ...
Page 13
... shoes ; And scorn the tools with stars and garters , So often seen caressing Chartres . He never courted men in station , Nor persons held in admiration ; Of no man's greatness was afraid , Because he sought SWIFT . 13.
... shoes ; And scorn the tools with stars and garters , So often seen caressing Chartres . He never courted men in station , Nor persons held in admiration ; Of no man's greatness was afraid , Because he sought SWIFT . 13.
Page 54
... person , and circumstance is in perfect keeping with the whole . The scene is laid among the Pentland Hills , near Edinburgh , and the story principally recites the loves of a shepherd and shepherdess - Patie and Peggy . The return from ...
... person , and circumstance is in perfect keeping with the whole . The scene is laid among the Pentland Hills , near Edinburgh , and the story principally recites the loves of a shepherd and shepherdess - Patie and Peggy . The return from ...
Page 60
... person . He has compared himself to a spider ; and one of his friends describes him as protuberant behind and before . His stature was so low , that to bring him to the level of common tables , it was necessary to raise his seat . The ...
... person . He has compared himself to a spider ; and one of his friends describes him as protuberant behind and before . His stature was so low , that to bring him to the level of common tables , it was necessary to raise his seat . The ...
Page 68
... person and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse , on all he lov'd , or lov'd him , spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper , that , to greatness still too near , Perhaps , yet vibrates on his sovereign's ear- Welcome for thee ...
... person and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse , on all he lov'd , or lov'd him , spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper , that , to greatness still too near , Perhaps , yet vibrates on his sovereign's ear- Welcome for thee ...
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