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... side to side ; At length the wits mount up , the hairs subside . See fierce Belinda on the baron flies , With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th ' unequal fight to try , Who sought no more than on his foe to ...
... side to side ; At length the wits mount up , the hairs subside . See fierce Belinda on the baron flies , With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th ' unequal fight to try , Who sought no more than on his foe to ...
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... side disarm . Nor is thy flaxen wig with safety worn ; High on the shoulder , in a basket borne , Lurks the sly boy ; whose hand to rapine bred , Plucks off the curling honours of thy head . Here dives the skulking thief , with practis ...
... side disarm . Nor is thy flaxen wig with safety worn ; High on the shoulder , in a basket borne , Lurks the sly boy ; whose hand to rapine bred , Plucks off the curling honours of thy head . Here dives the skulking thief , with practis ...
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... side to side by thrusting elbows tost , Shall strike his aching breast against the post ; Or water , dash'd from fishy stalls , shall stain His hapless coat with spurts of scaly rain . But if unwarily he chance to stray , Where twirling ...
... side to side by thrusting elbows tost , Shall strike his aching breast against the post ; Or water , dash'd from fishy stalls , shall stain His hapless coat with spurts of scaly rain . But if unwarily he chance to stray , Where twirling ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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