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" Truly, fays he, Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil; If your money be gone, as a learned divine fays, d'ye fee, You .are no text for my handling ; fo take that from me : I was never taken for a conjurer before, I'd have you to know. "
The Works of the English Poets: Swift - Page 25
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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Dean Swift and His Writings

Gerald Patrick Moriarty - Authors, Irish - 1893 - 388 pages
...body's plundered?" (Now you must know he hates to be called parson, like the devil.'} " Truly," says he, " Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil; If your money be gone, as a learned divine says, d'ye see, You arc no text for my handling ; so take that from me : I was never taken for a conjurer...
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English Satires

William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - Humor - 1899 - 390 pages
...body's plunder^?" (Now you must know, he hates to be called parson, like the devil.) "Truly," says he, "Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil; If your money be gone, as a learned divine says, d 'ye see: You are no text for my handling; so take that from me: I was never taken for a conjuror...
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Reviews and Essays of Austin Clarke

Austin Clarke - Literary Collections - 1995 - 422 pages
...when a Body's plunder'd? (Now you must know, he hates to be called Parson like the Devil.) Truly, says he, Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil: If your Money be gone, as a learned Divine says, d'ye see, You are no Text for my Handling, so take that from me. Another favourite in anthologies...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...plunder'd?” (Now you must know, he hates to be calI'd Parson, like the devil.) “Truly,” says he, “Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil: If your money be gone, as a learned divine says, dye see, You are no text for my handling, so take that from me: I was never taken for a conjurer...
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Verse in English from Tudor and Stuart Ireland

Andrew Carpenter - History - 2003 - 628 pages
...If your Money be gone, as a Learned Divine 2 " says, d' ye see. You are no Text for my Handling, so take that from me: I was never taken for a Conjurer before, I'd have you to know. Lord, said I, don't be angry, I'm sure I never thought you so; You know, I honour the Cloth, ;i I design...
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Verse in English from Tudor and Stuart Ireland

Andrew Carpenter - History - 2003 - 628 pages
...fortune-teller. If your Money be gone, as a Learned Divine-" says, d' ye see, You are no Text for my Handling, so take that from me: I was never taken for a Conjurer before, I'd have you to know. Lord, said I, don't be angry, I'm sure I never thought you so; You know, I honour the Cloth, :i I design...
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