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... Call'd before him t'other day The vowels , U , O , I , E , A ; All diphthongs , and all consonants , Either of England , or of France ; And all that were , or wish'd to be , Rank'd in the name of Tom D'Urfey . Fierce in this cause the ...
... Call'd before him t'other day The vowels , U , O , I , E , A ; All diphthongs , and all consonants , Either of England , or of France ; And all that were , or wish'd to be , Rank'd in the name of Tom D'Urfey . Fierce in this cause the ...
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... call'd for his steeds , And fiercely drove them on ; Lord ! Lord ! how rattled then thy stones , O kingly Kensington ! All in a trice he rush'd on Guise , Thrust out his lady dear : He tweak'd his nose , trod on his toes , And smote him ...
... call'd for his steeds , And fiercely drove them on ; Lord ! Lord ! how rattled then thy stones , O kingly Kensington ! All in a trice he rush'd on Guise , Thrust out his lady dear : He tweak'd his nose , trod on his toes , And smote him ...
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... call'd Quadrille , Quadrille , Quadrille , & c . II . Kings , queens , and knaves made up his pack , And four fair suits he wore : His troops they are with red and black All blotch'd and spotted o'er : And ev'ry house , go where you ...
... call'd Quadrille , Quadrille , Quadrille , & c . II . Kings , queens , and knaves made up his pack , And four fair suits he wore : His troops they are with red and black All blotch'd and spotted o'er : And ev'ry house , go where you ...
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... call'd a party quarree : But now , meet when and where you will , A party quarree is Quadrille , & c . v . The commoner , and knight , the peer , Men of all ranks and fame , Leave to their wives the only care , To propagate their name ...
... call'd a party quarree : But now , meet when and where you will , A party quarree is Quadrille , & c . v . The commoner , and knight , the peer , Men of all ranks and fame , Leave to their wives the only care , To propagate their name ...
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... call'd in Post Boy and Gazette The quadruple Allies ; But somebody took something ill , So broke this party at Quadrille , & c . x . And now , God save this noble realm , And God save eke Hanover ; And God save those who hold the helm ...
... call'd in Post Boy and Gazette The quadruple Allies ; But somebody took something ill , So broke this party at Quadrille , & c . x . And now , God save this noble realm , And God save eke Hanover ; And God save those who hold the helm ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Art of Punning bishop black and white Brobdingnag Cæsar call'd called character church Church of England clergy court D'Urfey Dean Dean's Dublin duke earl England English EPIGRAM ev'ry man round excellent eyes fops Fourth Doctor GIBBS give Gog and Magog hand hath Houyhnhnm ibid Ireland Isaac Bickerstaff John justice king kingdom of Ireland Kit-cat club lady learned letter living lord manner Maynwaring Medley ministry Mohocks nation ne'er neighbours never occasion paper parliament person poem poetry poets Pope publick pyed horses Quadrille queen racter reason remarkable risum Rule Second Doctor sent SHEPHERD sweet Molly Swift Tatlers thee thing Third Doctor thou thought thousand Tom D'Urfey town Verses viii WARTON whig Whiston word worm writing xvii xviii xxii xxiii XXIV Есно
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Página 31 - Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise...
Página 18 - Who strives to please the fair against her will : Be kind, and make him in his wishes easy, Who in your own despite has strove to please ye. He scorn'd to borrow from the wits of yore, But ever writ, as none e'er writ before.
Página 158 - It is incredible to conceive the effect his writings have had on the town ; how many thousand follies they have either quite banished, or given a very great check to ; how much countenance they have added to virtue and religion ; how many people they have rendered happy, by...
Página 69 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of Life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the Practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE; Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY: His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the first, His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Página 157 - It must indeed be confessed that never man threw up his pen, under stronger temptations to have employed it longer. His reputation was at a greater height, than I believe ever any living author's was before him.
Página 33 - Calypso once each heart alarm'd, Aw'd without virtue, without beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as her eyes, Less wit than mimic, more a wit than wise ; Strange graces still, and stranger flights she had, Was just not ugly, and was just not mad ; Yet ne'er so sure our passion to create, As when she touch'd the brink of all we hate.
Página 69 - He acquired, or more properly created, A MINISTERIAL ESTATE. He was the only person of his time Who could CHEAT without the mask of HONESTY, Retain his...
Página 34 - I knew Ardelia could not quote the best ; Who, like her mistress on Britannia's throne, Fights and subdues in quarrels not her own. To write their praise you but in vain essay ; Ev'n while you write, you take that praise away Light to the stars the sun does thus restore, But shines himself till they are seen no more.
Página 78 - And sensible soft melancholy. "Has she no faults then, (Envy says) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Página 35 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot ! Ah friend ! to dazzle let the vain design ; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine!