The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... 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 imagine there must be some trifling error in this nomenclature . However this is a Shaksperean ...
... 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 imagine there must be some trifling error in this nomenclature . However this is a Shaksperean ...
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... charm . Well pleased does Fancy now retreat From the dull dome of Downing Street , From C -h and state affairs , To Nature's smiles and fragrant airs ; And true to friendship and to thee , I sit me down contentedly Even by the Chelt's ...
... charm . Well pleased does Fancy now retreat From the dull dome of Downing Street , From C -h and state affairs , To Nature's smiles and fragrant airs ; And true to friendship and to thee , I sit me down contentedly Even by the Chelt's ...
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... charms , when loveliest They smile in vernal verdure drest , " A silver stream still rolls his waters near , " Gilt with sun - beams here and there , " On whose enamel'd bank I'll walk , " And see how prettily they smile , and hear ...
... charms , when loveliest They smile in vernal verdure drest , " A silver stream still rolls his waters near , " Gilt with sun - beams here and there , " On whose enamel'd bank I'll walk , " And see how prettily they smile , and hear ...
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... , like the gods of the sphere , Call boldly about for what seasons they chuse , And can bid clouds or sun - shine alternate appear To cover the charms of each whimsical Muse , - Why should not we girls , who are Muses ourselves 24.
... , like the gods of the sphere , Call boldly about for what seasons they chuse , And can bid clouds or sun - shine alternate appear To cover the charms of each whimsical Muse , - Why should not we girls , who are Muses ourselves 24.
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... charms kept so pliantly tight in their places , of young Sylphs upon earth we should Like a groupe rove , And call into being Enchantment and Love ! * Adieu , my dear Biddy ! this magical thought Replete with such fancy can ne'er be ...
... charms kept so pliantly tight in their places , of young Sylphs upon earth we should Like a groupe rove , And call into being Enchantment and Love ! * Adieu , my dear Biddy ! this magical thought Replete with such fancy can ne'er be ...
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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.