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" My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit." "But let me scrape the dirt away, That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case. "
The Dartford edition of The adventures of ... John Gilpin and his family ... - Page 16
by William Cowper - 1849
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The Life of John Gilpin,: Taken from Divers Manuscripts in the Possession of ...

William Cowper - 1785 - 184 pages
...in : Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit— .* My head is twice as big as yours, •* They therefore needs muft fit •-«...
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Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining

Oliver Goldsmith - 1785 - 568 pages
...in : Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear : Each comely in its kind. He held them up ; and, in his turn Thus fhew'd his ready wit — '' My head is twice as big as yours, " They therefore needs muft fit. ••...
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Annual Register, Volume 26

Edmund Burke - 1785 - 652 pages
...in. *' Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig, A wig that droop'd behind, "' A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. " He held them up¿ and in hïs turn Thus fhow'd his ready wit— ' My head is twice as big as yours¿ They therefore needs muft...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...went in. Whence ftraight he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turii Thus fhow'd his ready wit, —My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit....
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...went in ; Whence flrait he came with hat and wig, A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...much the \wjrfe for wear, * Each comely in its kind. He He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But let me fcrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face ; And ftop and eat, for well you...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...went in ; Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig., A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit, My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But let me fcrape...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...

William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...went in; Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig ; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and, in his turn, Thus fhow'd his ready wit — My head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs muft fit. But let...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - 1794 - 268 pages
...went in : Whence ftrait he came with hat and wig A wig that flow'd behind, -A hat not much the worfe for wear, Each comely in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn Thus fliew'd his ready wit : My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs muft fit. But [ *5 3...
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Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?].

1795 - 94 pages
...a single word, But to the house went in; Whence strait he came with hat and wig; A wig that flow'd behind, A hat not much the worse for wear, Each comely...in its kind. He held them up, and in his turn, Thus shew'd his ready wit, My:head is twice as big as your's, They therefore needs must fit, But let me...
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