The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... hope behind - at least , the hope that though a passing smile may be excited at the expense of some fashionable folly , no sting may for a moment , wound an honest bosom , nor PETER QUINCE the younger have cause to lament the ...
... hope behind - at least , the hope that though a passing smile may be excited at the expense of some fashionable folly , no sting may for a moment , wound an honest bosom , nor PETER QUINCE the younger have cause to lament the ...
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... of wrath unheard before- " Hang the vile , worthless wretch ! I'm sure " Ev'n merit is not now secure ; " And I - myself - can scarcely hope " To ' scape the spider's boundless scope ! " All things considered too , her mien " Is 13.
... of wrath unheard before- " Hang the vile , worthless wretch ! I'm sure " Ev'n merit is not now secure ; " And I - myself - can scarcely hope " To ' scape the spider's boundless scope ! " All things considered too , her mien " Is 13.
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... hope for the future - I turn , love ! to you . Oh , fear not forgetfulness ever can dim The pure radiance of friendship that glows in my heart , Our joy - cup may bitterly taste at the brim , But the sweets at the bottom will never ...
... hope for the future - I turn , love ! to you . Oh , fear not forgetfulness ever can dim The pure radiance of friendship that glows in my heart , Our joy - cup may bitterly taste at the brim , But the sweets at the bottom will never ...
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... hope That seemed like the rose - bud of promise to ope ? - Oh no , ' tis all settled , and MA ' if she will , May refuse her consent , when he asks her to- morrow , But I'm his , from this hour - thro ' good fortune or ill , Thro ' joy ...
... hope That seemed like the rose - bud of promise to ope ? - Oh no , ' tis all settled , and MA ' if she will , May refuse her consent , when he asks her to- morrow , But I'm his , from this hour - thro ' good fortune or ill , Thro ' joy ...
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... hope all accomplished , to which my soul clings.— Adieu , my dear girl ! -but first let me implore you If e'er you would have a dear fellow adore you— By your precious escape from that calico thing , - By your hopes of a lover or two in ...
... hope all accomplished , to which my soul clings.— Adieu , my dear girl ! -but first let me implore you If e'er you would have a dear fellow adore you— By your precious escape from that calico thing , - By your hopes of a lover or two in ...
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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.