Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?]. |
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He soon replied , I do admire Of womankind but one , And you are she , my dearest dear , Therefore it shall be done , I am a linen - draper bold , As all the world doth know , And my good friend the callender Will lend his horse to go .
He soon replied , I do admire Of womankind but one , And you are she , my dearest dear , Therefore it shall be done , I am a linen - draper bold , As all the world doth know , And my good friend the callender Will lend his horse to go .
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| Title | Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?]. Satirical,humourous & Familiar Pieces: Prose [No] 1-[2?] |
| Publisher | G.Nicholson and Company, 1795 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
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