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Page 89
... give in riv❜lets to thy root , Thou temptest none , but rather much forbid'st The feller's toil , which thou couldst ill requite . Yet is thy root sincere , sound as the rock , A quarry of stout spurs and knotted fangs , Which , crook ...
... give in riv❜lets to thy root , Thou temptest none , but rather much forbid'st The feller's toil , which thou couldst ill requite . Yet is thy root sincere , sound as the rock , A quarry of stout spurs and knotted fangs , Which , crook ...
Page 107
... give part of it away to my washer- woman . Then I made an experiment upon a sheep's heart , and that was too little ... gives to their countenance , for it is really a matter full of perplexity . I have received but one visit since here ...
... give part of it away to my washer- woman . Then I made an experiment upon a sheep's heart , and that was too little ... gives to their countenance , for it is really a matter full of perplexity . I have received but one visit since here ...
Page 181
... give them a fire heat ; 45 and have waded night after night through the snow , with the bellows under my arm , just before going to bed , to give the latest possible puff to the embers , lest the frost should seize them before morning ...
... give them a fire heat ; 45 and have waded night after night through the snow , with the bellows under my arm , just before going to bed , to give the latest possible puff to the embers , lest the frost should seize them before morning ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
COWPERS LIFE | 38 |
The Diverting History of John Gilpin | 65 |
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