The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... Whilst my thoughts , most original , glowing and terse , Give brilliancy , sweetness , and charm to my verse ! Well ! he came , let me see , -at a quarter past nine , And Lord ! how his gems and his diamonds did shine , * I rather ...
... Whilst my thoughts , most original , glowing and terse , Give brilliancy , sweetness , and charm to my verse ! Well ! he came , let me see , -at a quarter past nine , And Lord ! how his gems and his diamonds did shine , * I rather ...
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... Whilst the sparkling and glow of all other bright eyes Unheeded play round like the beam of his skies When the lightning attracts him - th ' electrical spark But renders the rest of the universe dark . Apropos , when his charmer was ...
... Whilst the sparkling and glow of all other bright eyes Unheeded play round like the beam of his skies When the lightning attracts him - th ' electrical spark But renders the rest of the universe dark . Apropos , when his charmer was ...
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... Whilst I stood before him , with praises transfixed ; * I have been at some pains to discover who this matchless beauty may have been . - I find she was no other than " Bherawir Banon , upon whose countenance the world- illuming sun ...
... Whilst I stood before him , with praises transfixed ; * I have been at some pains to discover who this matchless beauty may have been . - I find she was no other than " Bherawir Banon , upon whose countenance the world- illuming sun ...
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... Whilst his satire was sharp as the gem - hilted sword That he wore in his girdle - short , polished and keen , That cut while it sparkled , in exquisite sheen . —Adieu , my dear Lord ! this is all that at present Has room in my thoughts ...
... Whilst his satire was sharp as the gem - hilted sword That he wore in his girdle - short , polished and keen , That cut while it sparkled , in exquisite sheen . —Adieu , my dear Lord ! this is all that at present Has room in my thoughts ...
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... impart , " We , as in gratitude - n'emporte— " But Slander is a wicked sport ! — " And for the girl - I've seen a score " Much worse and uglier before ! " . -Whilst with solicitude's sweet strain They seek to steal the 14.
... impart , " We , as in gratitude - n'emporte— " But Slander is a wicked sport ! — " And for the girl - I've seen a score " Much worse and uglier before ! " . -Whilst with solicitude's sweet strain They seek to steal the 14.
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The Cheltenham Mail Bag; Or, Letters from Gloucestershire [In Verse] Ed ... William Henry Halpin No preview available - 2016 |
The Cheltenham Mail Bag; Or, Letters from Gloucestershire [In Verse] Ed ... William Henry Halpin No preview available - 2016 |
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ACERBUS SKETCH Adieu April 23 bard beam beauty beauty's blest bloom blushing Boarding House bosom BOTTOM'S DREAM breath bright bright eyes brow C-BB-TT called charm Charon Cheltenham COMMODUS dear Lord delight divine DOLLY SKETCH dream dull e'er EARL OF P-F-T earth earthly entre nous exquisite eyes fair Falstaff fancy Fancy's fashion feeling flame flowers forget FR-NKS friendship genius gentle girl glow gold gout grace heart Heaven humour Jove kind King LALLA ROOKH LETTER lisping looks lover mind mirth MISS DOLLY MORPHEUS Muse nature ne'er never nought o'er OLD BOND STREET once peruke PETER QUINCE play Poems rapture rhyme round royalty's scene scorn SHAKESPERE shed shew shine sighs slumber smile song soul sparkling spirit spleen springs strain swear sweet tears thee There's thine thou thought thro true truth Twas vulgar Whilst young
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Page 57 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 100 - This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions : these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion : But the gilt is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.
Page 108 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
Page 112 - Sunt geminae Somni portae; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 30 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well, As large, as languishingly dark, But Soul beam'd forth in every spark...
Page 55 - Monarchies,'' it is laid down that " a Free monarchy is one in which the monarch is perfectly free to do as he pleases.
Page 52 - I have, not without a little envy, observed of late the style of some great ministers very much to exceed that of any other productions.
Page 94 - And as plump, aye as any Princess of the blood, Carved in stone, but a good imitation of wood ; — With her vest all in plaits — like some ancient costume Either Roman or Grecian, I fairly presume ; Tho...
Page 10 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.