The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
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... learned Editor of the FUDGES , -THO- MAS BROWN the younger . I have merely availed myself of an opportunity , which may never again occur to me at least — and have accordingly , with all Editorial diligence and accuracy , prepared for ...
... learned Editor of the FUDGES , -THO- MAS BROWN the younger . I have merely availed myself of an opportunity , which may never again occur to me at least — and have accordingly , with all Editorial diligence and accuracy , prepared for ...
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... learned Judge , of whose name I am ignorant , alludes , I suppose , to the following anecdote . When ERASMUS was in London , he and MORE unwittingly met at a dinner party . MORE recognizing ERASMUS by his extreme wit , said to him in ...
... learned Judge , of whose name I am ignorant , alludes , I suppose , to the following anecdote . When ERASMUS was in London , he and MORE unwittingly met at a dinner party . MORE recognizing ERASMUS by his extreme wit , said to him in ...
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... learned physician , For the fever of love , by a pre - disposition ! When all of a sudden my fate stood before me , In the comeliest form that good humour e'er wore , And saying , in smiles , it was Heaven to adore me , His smiles were ...
... learned physician , For the fever of love , by a pre - disposition ! When all of a sudden my fate stood before me , In the comeliest form that good humour e'er wore , And saying , in smiles , it was Heaven to adore me , His smiles were ...
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... learned what strains divine From mortal lips may issue ; yea , from thee , Have heard a more than earthly melody . -I well remember - ' twas a summer's night— The breeze was fresh and cooling - the stars bright- When from the casement ...
... learned what strains divine From mortal lips may issue ; yea , from thee , Have heard a more than earthly melody . -I well remember - ' twas a summer's night— The breeze was fresh and cooling - the stars bright- When from the casement ...
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... learned and mystified treatise on the Zodiac , for which he was handsomely han- dled by the Edinburgh Reviewers . The Doctor is accounted no small oddity . Candidate Bachelors who have been cautioned are sent to " the Regent's Loft ...
... learned and mystified treatise on the Zodiac , for which he was handsomely han- dled by the Edinburgh Reviewers . The Doctor is accounted no small oddity . Candidate Bachelors who have been cautioned are sent to " the Regent's Loft ...
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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.