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... wish'd she had not heard it- -yet she wish'd That Heav'n had made her such a man : she thank'd me , And bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd her , I should but teach him how to tell my story , And that would woo her . On this hint I ...
... wish'd she had not heard it- -yet she wish'd That Heav'n had made her such a man : she thank'd me , And bade me , if I had a friend that lov'd her , I should but teach him how to tell my story , And that would woo her . On this hint I ...
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... wishes and my sighs . STOCK . Come , come , the man who can accuse , cor rects himself . BEL . Ah ! that is an office I am weary of ; I wish a friend would take it up : I would to Heaven you had lei- sure for the employ ! but , did you ...
... wishes and my sighs . STOCK . Come , come , the man who can accuse , cor rects himself . BEL . Ah ! that is an office I am weary of ; I wish a friend would take it up : I would to Heaven you had lei- sure for the employ ! but , did you ...
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... WISH , said my uncle Toby , with a deep sigh , I wish , Trim , I was asleep . 1 Your honour , replied the corporal , is too much con- cerned : —— shall I pour your honour out a glass of sack to your pipe ? -Do , Trim , said my uncle ...
... WISH , said my uncle Toby , with a deep sigh , I wish , Trim , I was asleep . 1 Your honour , replied the corporal , is too much con- cerned : —— shall I pour your honour out a glass of sack to your pipe ? -Do , Trim , said my uncle ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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