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...fifteenth year: Her prudent parents often read, One fober lecture to her head. " How pleas'd they were Ihe had not known, " The follies of a wicked town ! " That all their thoughts had been confin'd, " To (lore with wkat was good her mind : " Hcped (he would not do, or know, " What Lucy did, fome months... | |
 | 1765 - 692 pages
...to her brad. *• t-Sav pleas'd they were (he had not knowa * The follies of a wicked town I * T hi; all their thoughts had been co'nfin'd ' To ftore with what was good, her mind ; * Hop'd (he would never do, or know, > ' >What Lacy did fome months ago j •* And Vifli'd, in the... | |
 | 1789 - 642 pages
...lecture to her bead : « How pleas'd they were {he had not known ' The follies of a wicked town ! c That all their thoughts had been confin'd ' To ftore with what was good her mind j * Hop'd fhe would never do, or know, ' What Lucy did fome months ago ; ' And wifiYd, in the decline... | |
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And wifiYd, in the decline of life, ' To fee her make a frugal wife.' But while her tutors thus impart, Their precepts never reach'd the heart : For beaus, and belles, and fages tell Her heart on other things... 