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... poor , with that strange af- fectation of slovenliness , which the lower species of satire , in those times , appears to have mistaken for a vigorous negligence or gallant undress . But the author is getting on his critical ground again ...
... poor , with that strange af- fectation of slovenliness , which the lower species of satire , in those times , appears to have mistaken for a vigorous negligence or gallant undress . But the author is getting on his critical ground again ...
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... poor Comedy's sake ; Then gave mine host orders , who bow'd to the floor , And presented three cards that were brought to the door : Apollo just gave them a glance with his eye- " Spencer - Rogers - Montgom❜ry " -- and putting them by ...
... poor Comedy's sake ; Then gave mine host orders , who bow'd to the floor , And presented three cards that were brought to the door : Apollo just gave them a glance with his eye- " Spencer - Rogers - Montgom❜ry " -- and putting them by ...
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... poor devil was gone . A hem was then heard , consequential and snapping , And a sour little gentleman walk'd with a rap in . He bow'd , look'd about him , seem'd cold , and sat down , And said , " I'm surpris'd that you'll visit this ...
... poor devil was gone . A hem was then heard , consequential and snapping , And a sour little gentleman walk'd with a rap in . He bow'd , look'd about him , seem'd cold , and sat down , And said , " I'm surpris'd that you'll visit this ...
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... poor Daphne turned tree in my face , There are very few poets , whose caps or whose curls Have obtained such a laurel by hunting the girls . So it gives me , dear Tom , a delight beyond measure , To find how you've mended your notions ...
... poor Daphne turned tree in my face , There are very few poets , whose caps or whose curls Have obtained such a laurel by hunting the girls . So it gives me , dear Tom , a delight beyond measure , To find how you've mended your notions ...
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... poor Wordsworth , his cheeks in a glow , ( For he felt he God in him , ) made symptoms to go , When Apollo , in pity , to screen him from sight , Threw round him a cloud that was purple and white , The same that of old us'd to wrap his ...
... poor Wordsworth , his cheeks in a glow , ( For he felt he God in him , ) made symptoms to go , When Apollo , in pity , to screen him from sight , Threw round him a cloud that was purple and white , The same that of old us'd to wrap his ...
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