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Page 40
... fair Of Vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind --- Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! B. Amen . If flatt'ry , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
... fair Of Vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind --- Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! B. Amen . If flatt'ry , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
Page 52
... fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off th ' anticipated joy ; Turtle and ven❜son all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockies take a sweat , Oh , nauseous ! -an ...
... fair . Gorgonius sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuffs far off th ' anticipated joy ; Turtle and ven❜son all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockies take a sweat , Oh , nauseous ! -an ...
Page 53
... fair , tempts only to de- stroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by Pleasure laid In ev'ry bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of truth , denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic ...
... fair , tempts only to de- stroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by Pleasure laid In ev'ry bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of truth , denies him rest , And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic ...
Page 57
... fair . The sacred implement I now employ Might prove a mischief , or at best a toy ; A trifle if it move but to amuse ; But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poniard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of ...
... fair . The sacred implement I now employ Might prove a mischief , or at best a toy ; A trifle if it move but to amuse ; But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poniard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of ...
Page 58
... fair , And suck , and leave a craving maggot there ! Howe'er disguis'd th ' inflammatory tale , And cover'd with a finespun specious veil ; Such writers , and such readers , owe the gust And relish of their pleasure all to lust . 321 ...
... fair , And suck , and leave a craving maggot there ! Howe'er disguis'd th ' inflammatory tale , And cover'd with a finespun specious veil ; Such writers , and such readers , owe the gust And relish of their pleasure all to lust . 321 ...
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