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... Duke upon Duke ib . Fragment of a Satire . .. 29 Macer 32 ... a Sylvia , Fragment .. 33 し Impromptu , to Lady Winchelsea . Epigram . .........
... Duke upon Duke ib . Fragment of a Satire . .. 29 Macer 32 ... a Sylvia , Fragment .. 33 し Impromptu , to Lady Winchelsea . Epigram . .........
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... DUKE UPON DUKE . AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD * . To the Tune of " Chevy Chace . " To lordlings proud I tune my lay , Who feast in bow'r or hall : Though dukes they be , to dukes I say , That pride will have a fall ... Duke upon Duke.
... DUKE UPON DUKE . AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD * . To the Tune of " Chevy Chace . " To lordlings proud I tune my lay , Who feast in bow'r or hall : Though dukes they be , to dukes I say , That pride will have a fall ... Duke upon Duke.
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... duke of Guise , And Nic of Lancastere . When Richard Cœur de Lion reign'd , ( Which means a lion's heart ) Like him his barons rag'd and roar'd : Each play'd a lion's part . A word and blow was then enough : Such ... DUKE UPON DUKE ,
... duke of Guise , And Nic of Lancastere . When Richard Cœur de Lion reign'd , ( Which means a lion's heart ) Like him his barons rag'd and roar'd : Each play'd a lion's part . A word and blow was then enough : Such ... DUKE UPON DUKE ,
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... duke did only nod . Yet courteous , blithe , and debonnair , To Guise's duke was he : Was ever such a loving pair ? How could they disagree ? Oh , thus it was : he lov'd him dear , And cast how to requite him ... DUKE UPON DUKE . 25.
... duke did only nod . Yet courteous , blithe , and debonnair , To Guise's duke was he : Was ever such a loving pair ? How could they disagree ? Oh , thus it was : he lov'd him dear , And cast how to requite him ... DUKE UPON DUKE . 25.
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... duke John , and knock'd him down , And so down fell duke Nic . Alas , O Nic . ! O Nic . alas ! Right did thy gossip call thee : As who should say , alas the day When John of Guise shall maul thee ! For on thee did ... DUKE UPON DUKE .
... duke John , and knock'd him down , And so down fell duke Nic . Alas , O Nic . ! O Nic . alas ! Right did thy gossip call thee : As who should say , alas the day When John of Guise shall maul thee ! For on thee did ... DUKE UPON DUKE .
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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 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!