 ... tis only her plan to catch if she can the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production on a new construction : she has baited her trap, in hopes to snap all that may come with a sugar plumb.  Notes and Queries - Page 3631884Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1912 - 556 lehte
...catch if she can, the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production, on a new construction. She has baited her trap in hopes to snap all that may come, with a sugar-plum." His opinion in this, will not be amiss ; 'tis what I intend, my principal end ; and if... | |
 | Thomas Lucian Cline - 1923 - 300 lehte
...construction. She has baited her trap in hopes to snatch all that may come, with a sugar-plum. — His opinion in this will not be amiss; 'tis what I intend, my principal end; and if I succeed, and folks should read, till a few are bought to a serious thought, I shall think I am paid,... | |
 | Richard Fletcher Charles - 1882 - 488 lehte
...catch, if she can, the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production on a new construction : she has baited her trap, in hopes to snap all that may come with a sugar plum," — his opinion in this will not be amiss ; 'tis what I * A poem that Cowper had written. intend,... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 180 lehte
...catch if she can, the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production, on a new construction : she has baited her trap, in hopes to snap all that may come, with a sugar-plum,' — His opinion, in this, will not be annss, — 't is what I intend, my principal end... | |
 | 1820 - 684 lehte
...catch, if eh* can, the giddy and gay, as they go that way, by a production on a new construction : She has baited her trap, in hopes to snap all, that may come, with a sugar-plum." His opinion in this will not be amiss : 'tis what 1 intend my principal end, and if I... | |
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