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Page 13
... Gave the dumb idol this assistance . Preposterous peer ! far better go To thy congenial puppet - show ; Than buy , divested of its glare , The empty thing which charm'd thee there . Be still content abroad to roam , For Punch exhibits ...
... Gave the dumb idol this assistance . Preposterous peer ! far better go To thy congenial puppet - show ; Than buy , divested of its glare , The empty thing which charm'd thee there . Be still content abroad to roam , For Punch exhibits ...
Page 14
... gave the literal appellation of the Bas - bleu to a small party of friends , who had been often called , by way of pleasantry , the Blue Stockings . These little societies have been sometimes misrepre- sented . They were composed of ...
... gave the literal appellation of the Bas - bleu to a small party of friends , who had been often called , by way of pleasantry , the Blue Stockings . These little societies have been sometimes misrepre- sented . They were composed of ...
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... gave mankind A LUTHER and a FAUSTUS ! * Had only JACK and MARTIN † liv'd , Our pow'r had slowly fled ; Our influence longer had surviv'd Had layman never read . * The same age which brought heresy into the church , unhappily introduced ...
... gave mankind A LUTHER and a FAUSTUS ! * Had only JACK and MARTIN † liv'd , Our pow'r had slowly fled ; Our influence longer had surviv'd Had layman never read . * The same age which brought heresy into the church , unhappily introduced ...
Page 20
... Gave symptom sweet of growing fame ; Tho ' yet they only serv'd to hint That FLORIO lov'd to see in print , His ample buckles ' alter'd shape , His buttons chang'd , his varying cape . And many a standard phrase was his Might rival bore ...
... Gave symptom sweet of growing fame ; Tho ' yet they only serv'd to hint That FLORIO lov'd to see in print , His ample buckles ' alter'd shape , His buttons chang'd , his varying cape . And many a standard phrase was his Might rival bore ...
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... gave to chance each unschool'd feature , And left her canse to sense and nature . The sire of FLORIO , ere he died , Decreed fair CELIA FLORIO's bride Bade him his latest wish attend , And win the daughter of his friend : When the last ...
... gave to chance each unschool'd feature , And left her canse to sense and nature . The sire of FLORIO , ere he died , Decreed fair CELIA FLORIO's bride Bade him his latest wish attend , And win the daughter of his friend : When the last ...
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