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Page v
... she was with a family of nine children , required the prudent counfels and affiftance of that faithful and ge- nerous friend . Sir William Bennet likewise , well known for his gay humour and ready poetical wit , was highly delighted ...
... she was with a family of nine children , required the prudent counfels and affiftance of that faithful and ge- nerous friend . Sir William Bennet likewise , well known for his gay humour and ready poetical wit , was highly delighted ...
Page vi
... She confulted her friend Mr. Gusthart : and having , by his advice , mortgaged her moiety of the farm , repaired with her family to Edinburgh ; where the lived in a decent , frugal manner , till her favourite fon had not only finished ...
... She confulted her friend Mr. Gusthart : and having , by his advice , mortgaged her moiety of the farm , repaired with her family to Edinburgh ; where the lived in a decent , frugal manner , till her favourite fon had not only finished ...
Page 15
... She pours ten thousand delicacies , herbs , And fruits , as numerous as the drops of rain Or beams that gave them birth : fhall he , fair form ! Who wears fweet fmiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er ftoop to mingle with the prowling ...
... She pours ten thousand delicacies , herbs , And fruits , as numerous as the drops of rain Or beams that gave them birth : fhall he , fair form ! Who wears fweet fmiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er ftoop to mingle with the prowling ...
Page 21
... she spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . Here their delicious task the fervent bees , In fwarming millions , tend : around , athwart , Thro ' the foft air , the bufy nations fly , Cling to the bud , and , with inferted tube ...
... she spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . Here their delicious task the fervent bees , In fwarming millions , tend : around , athwart , Thro ' the foft air , the bufy nations fly , Cling to the bud , and , with inferted tube ...
Page 26
... she seem Softening the least approvance to bestow , Their colours burnifh , and by hope infpir'd , They brisk advance ; then , on a sudden struck , Retire diforder'd ; then again approach ; In fond rotation fpread the spotted wing , And ...
... she seem Softening the least approvance to bestow , Their colours burnifh , and by hope infpir'd , They brisk advance ; then , on a sudden struck , Retire diforder'd ; then again approach ; In fond rotation fpread the spotted wing , And ...
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