Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... hope ; and pensive now Resigns to Folly , and his mimic rout , Her throne usurp'd : presage of darker times , And deeper woes to come ! with taste declin'd Fallen Virtue droops ; and o'er th ' ill - omen'd age , Unseen , unfear'd ...
... hope ; and pensive now Resigns to Folly , and his mimic rout , Her throne usurp'd : presage of darker times , And deeper woes to come ! with taste declin'd Fallen Virtue droops ; and o'er th ' ill - omen'd age , Unseen , unfear'd ...
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... hope To please an age , in aimless folly sunk , And sliding swift into the depth of vice ; " Consuming Pleasure leads the gay and young Thro ' their vain round ; and venal Faith the old , Or Avarice , mean of soul : instructive arts ...
... hope To please an age , in aimless folly sunk , And sliding swift into the depth of vice ; " Consuming Pleasure leads the gay and young Thro ' their vain round ; and venal Faith the old , Or Avarice , mean of soul : instructive arts ...
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... hope of re- prieve - a . This Thames , O ye whigs ! brought you plenty and pride , So ye harden'd your hearts with your silver and gold ; But if ever ye hope to redeem time or tide Hot must your repentance , your zeal must be cold ...
... hope of re- prieve - a . This Thames , O ye whigs ! brought you plenty and pride , So ye harden'd your hearts with your silver and gold ; But if ever ye hope to redeem time or tide Hot must your repentance , your zeal must be cold ...
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ALEXANDER DYCE Bankes BAY HORSE booth bull-baiting coaches Congreve cunning devill divell dost doth downe drinke Duchess of Marlborough F.S.A. THOMAS fashion feare fellow foole Frost Fair frozen gentleman George Berkeley grace gull haberdasher hand Harts hast hath heare heart heere hell honest horse husband I'le Iohn kind landlord live London London Bridge Lord Maister Hob Mandilions Marocco merry mony ne're neighbours never Percy Society PETER CUNNINGHAM poem poet poore pray printed purse Queene quoth Maister Hobson River Thames roasted Rowlands sayd sayes scurvy servant shew shillings shore sweare taverne tearme thaw thee theeves there's thing thinke Thomson tobacco tract trade tricks twas unto villaine ware weare wench whome whore wife WILLIAM WILLIAM CHAPPELL William Congreve WILLIAM SANDYS wine withall wonder