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... enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the Clerk below : but neither sleep ... enjoy'd by Curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the Clerk are sweet , Compared with the repofe the SOFA ...
... enjoys the Curate in his desk , The tedious Rector drawling o'er his head , And sweet the Clerk below : but neither sleep ... enjoy'd by Curate in his desk , Nor yet the dozings of the Clerk are sweet , Compared with the repofe the SOFA ...
Page 109
... enjoyed at home , And nature in her cultivated trim Dreffed to his tafte , inviting him abroad- Can he want occupation who has these ? Will he be idle who has much t ' enjoy ? Me therefore , ftudious of laborious ease , Not flothful ...
... enjoyed at home , And nature in her cultivated trim Dreffed to his tafte , inviting him abroad- Can he want occupation who has these ? Will he be idle who has much t ' enjoy ? Me therefore , ftudious of laborious ease , Not flothful ...
Page 153
... enjoy'd within . I faw the woods and fields at clofe of day A variegated show ; the meadows green Though faded , and the lands where lately waved The golden harvest , of a mellow brown , Upturn'd fo lately by the forceful share . I faw ...
... enjoy'd within . I faw the woods and fields at clofe of day A variegated show ; the meadows green Though faded , and the lands where lately waved The golden harvest , of a mellow brown , Upturn'd fo lately by the forceful share . I faw ...
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