Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 164
... GILPIN SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED , AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN . [ The history of " Gilpin " is told by Hayley : - " It happened in those years when his accomplished friend , Lady Austen , made a part of his little ...
... GILPIN SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED , AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN . [ The history of " Gilpin " is told by Hayley : - " It happened in those years when his accomplished friend , Lady Austen , made a part of his little ...
Page 165
... Gilpin . ' Mrs. Unwin sent it to the Public Advertiser ; it was recited by Henderson , the comedian and mimic , and became the fashion of the fireside and the Court . The knight of the stone - bottles - as Cowper called him -has no ...
... Gilpin . ' Mrs. Unwin sent it to the Public Advertiser ; it was recited by Henderson , the comedian and mimic , and became the fashion of the fireside and the Court . The knight of the stone - bottles - as Cowper called him -has no ...
Page 173
... Gilpin , and away Went post - boy at his heels ! -- The post - boy's horse right glad to miss The lumb'ring of the wheels . Six gentlemen upon the road , Thus seeing Gilpin fly , With post - boy scamp'ring in the rear , They raised the ...
... Gilpin , and away Went post - boy at his heels ! -- The post - boy's horse right glad to miss The lumb'ring of the wheels . Six gentlemen upon the road , Thus seeing Gilpin fly , With post - boy scamp'ring in the rear , They raised the ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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