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Page 109
... face ; no life , no airs , She may be handsome , young , and rich , But none will burn her for a witch ! " But what she learn'd at country fairs ; 415 Scarce knows what diff'rence is between Rich Flanders lace and colberteen . A party ...
... face ; no life , no airs , She may be handsome , young , and rich , But none will burn her for a witch ! " But what she learn'd at country fairs ; 415 Scarce knows what diff'rence is between Rich Flanders lace and colberteen . A party ...
Page 371
... face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How could you win my virgin heart , Yet leave that heart to break ? " Why did you say , my lip was sweet , And made the scarlet pale ? 40 The lark sung loud ; the morning smil❜d , With beams ...
... face was fair , And yet that face forsake ? How could you win my virgin heart , Yet leave that heart to break ? " Why did you say , my lip was sweet , And made the scarlet pale ? 40 The lark sung loud ; the morning smil❜d , With beams ...
Page 438
... face of mortal seen ; In chamber brooding like a loathly toad , And sure his linen was not very clean ; Through secret loop - hole , that had practis'd been Near to his bed , his dinner vile he took ; Unkempt , and rough , of squalid face ...
... face of mortal seen ; In chamber brooding like a loathly toad , And sure his linen was not very clean ; Through secret loop - hole , that had practis'd been Near to his bed , his dinner vile he took ; Unkempt , and rough , of squalid face ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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