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Page 240
... breath , as ebbing life retires , For one puff more , and in that puff expires . " Odious ! in woolen ! ' twould a saint provoke , " Were the last words that poor Narcissa 2 spoke ; " No , let a charming chintz , and Brussels lace Wrap ...
... breath , as ebbing life retires , For one puff more , and in that puff expires . " Odious ! in woolen ! ' twould a saint provoke , " Were the last words that poor Narcissa 2 spoke ; " No , let a charming chintz , and Brussels lace Wrap ...
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... breath revives him , or a breath o'erthrows . Farewell the stage ! if just as thrives the play , The silly bard grows fat , or falls away . There still remains , to mortify a wit , The many - headed monster of the pit : 280 285 290 295 ...
... breath revives him , or a breath o'erthrows . Farewell the stage ! if just as thrives the play , The silly bard grows fat , or falls away . There still remains , to mortify a wit , The many - headed monster of the pit : 280 285 290 295 ...
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... breath can make them , as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry , their country's pride , When once destroy'd , can never be supplied . A time there was , ere England's griefs began , When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man ...
... breath can make them , as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry , their country's pride , When once destroy'd , can never be supplied . A time there was , ere England's griefs began , When ev'ry rood of ground maintain'd its man ...
Contents
An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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