 Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never once finding a visit from Pam. I lay down my stake, apparently cool, While the harpies about me all pocket the pool. I fret in my gizzard, yet, cautious and sly, I wish all my friends may be...  The Great English Letter Writers - Page 227edited by - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 534 pages
...smirking and pleasant and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which is fixed in the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn, At...about me all pocket the pool ; I fret in my gizzard, get cautious and sly, I wish all my friends may be bolder than I ; Yet still they sit snug ; not a... | |
 | English essays - 1837 - 706 pages
...smirking and pleasant, and big n-ith adventure, And ogling the stake which is fixed for the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never...apparently cool, While the harpies about me all pocket the'pool. I fret in my gizzard, yet cautious and sly, I wish all my friends may be bolder than I. Yet... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1837 - 722 pages
...and big with adventure, . r- ., And ogling the stake which is fixed for the centre. ./;.,./, Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn., At never once finding a visit from Paul. . .',' ., I lay down my stake, apparently cool, . . '.,; While the harpies about me all pocket... | |
 | Sir Thomas Hanmer - English poetry - 1838 - 546 pages
...smirking, and pleasant, and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which is fix'd in the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never...all my friends may be bolder than I : Yet still they ait snugg, not a creature will aim By losing their money to venture at fame. 'Tis in vain that at niggardly... | |
 | sir Thomas Hanmer (4th bart.) - 1838 - 552 pages
...smirking, and pleasant, and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which is fix'd in the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never once fmding a visit from Pam. I lay down my stake, apparently cool, While the harpies about me all pocket... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pages
...smirking and pleasant and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which is fixed in the centre. Bound and round go the cards , while I inwardly damn , At never once finding a visit from pam ; 1 lay down my stake apparently cool , While the harpies about me all pocket the pool; I fret in my... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...smirking, and pleasant, and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which i» fix'd in the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never...friends may be bolder than I : Yet still they sit snugg, not a creature will aim By losing their money to venture at fame. 'Tis in vain that at niggardly... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...smirking, and pleasant, and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which is fix'd iu the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never...friends may be bolder than I : Yet still they sit snugg, not a creature will aim By losing their money to venture at fame. 'Tis in vain that at niggardly... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 1294 pages
...smirking, and pleasant, and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which is fix'd in the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never...friends may be bolder than I : Yet still they sit snugg, not a creature will aim By losing their money to venture at fame. "J'i-1 in vain that at niggardly... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 734 pages
...smirking, and pleasant, and big with adventure, And ogling the stake which is fix'd in the centre. Round and round go the cards, while I inwardly damn At never...gizzard, yet, cautious and sly, I wish all my friends mav bo bolder than I : Yet still they sit snugg, not a ereature will aim By losing their money to venture... | |
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