The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... heads , Or rumpled petticoats , or tumbled beds , Or caused suspicion when no soul was rude , Or discomposed the head - dress of a prude , Or e'er to costive lap - dog gave disease , Which not the tears of brightest eyes could ease ...
... heads , Or rumpled petticoats , or tumbled beds , Or caused suspicion when no soul was rude , Or discomposed the head - dress of a prude , Or e'er to costive lap - dog gave disease , Which not the tears of brightest eyes could ease ...
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... head of a troop of Modern Bowmen , she cast her eyes upon her son W - tt - n ; to whom the fates had assigned a very short thread . W - tt - n , a young hero , whom an unknown father of mortal race be- got by stolen embraces with this ...
... head of a troop of Modern Bowmen , she cast her eyes upon her son W - tt - n ; to whom the fates had assigned a very short thread . W - tt - n , a young hero , whom an unknown father of mortal race be- got by stolen embraces with this ...
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... head in the breeze . The thistle is there alone , shedding its ancient beard . Two stones , half sunk in the ground , show their heads of moss . The deer of the mountain avoids the place , for he beholds a dim ghost standing there . The ...
... head in the breeze . The thistle is there alone , shedding its ancient beard . Two stones , half sunk in the ground , show their heads of moss . The deer of the mountain avoids the place , for he beholds a dim ghost standing there . The ...
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