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Page 48
... town , And makes full many a bitter pill go down . Conscious of this , our bard has gone about , And teased each rhyming friend to help him out . " An Epilogue - things can't go on without it ; It could not fail , would you but set ...
... town , And makes full many a bitter pill go down . Conscious of this , our bard has gone about , And teased each rhyming friend to help him out . " An Epilogue - things can't go on without it ; It could not fail , would you but set ...
Page 131
... town to town , working when I could get employment , and starving when I could get none , and might have lived so still : But happening one day to go through a field belonging to a magis- trate , I spy'd a hare crossing the path just ...
... town to town , working when I could get employment , and starving when I could get none , and might have lived so still : But happening one day to go through a field belonging to a magis- trate , I spy'd a hare crossing the path just ...
Page 158
... town ' . Between 1760 and 1761 Lord Harcourt began the process of ' improving ' his land there . This required the destruction of a church and a village . Parsonage , ale - house , cottages and long - established gardens were wiped out ...
... town ' . Between 1760 and 1761 Lord Harcourt began the process of ' improving ' his land there . This required the destruction of a church and a village . Parsonage , ale - house , cottages and long - established gardens were wiped out ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
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