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... true , Who , by the Furies , left perdue , And haunted with Detachments , fent From Marshal Legion's Regiment ; Was by a Fiend , as counterfeit , Reliev'd and Refcu'd with a Cheat : When nothing but himself , and Fear , Was both the ...
... true , Who , by the Furies , left perdue , And haunted with Detachments , fent From Marshal Legion's Regiment ; Was by a Fiend , as counterfeit , Reliev'd and Refcu'd with a Cheat : When nothing but himself , and Fear , Was both the ...
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... true , Not to preferve myself , but you . You , who were damnn'd to bafer Drubs , Than Wretches feel in Powd'ring Tubs ; To mount two - wheel'd Carroches , worfe Than managing a Wooden Horfe : Dragg'd out through ftraiter Holes by th ...
... true , Not to preferve myself , but you . You , who were damnn'd to bafer Drubs , Than Wretches feel in Powd'ring Tubs ; To mount two - wheel'd Carroches , worfe Than managing a Wooden Horfe : Dragg'd out through ftraiter Holes by th ...
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... true our Modern Way of War Is grown more Politick by far , But not fo refolute and bold , Nor ty'd to Honour , as the Old . For now they laugh at giving Battle , Unless it be to Herds of Cattle ; Or fighting Convoys of Provision , The ...
... true our Modern Way of War Is grown more Politick by far , But not fo refolute and bold , Nor ty'd to Honour , as the Old . For now they laugh at giving Battle , Unless it be to Herds of Cattle ; Or fighting Convoys of Provision , The ...
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... true , That I robb'd him Well done , in Troth . When h ' has confefs'd , he ftole my Cloak , And pick'd my Fob , and what he took ; Which was the Cause that made me bang him , And take my Goods again Marry hang him . Nichet qui les ...
... true , That I robb'd him Well done , in Troth . When h ' has confefs'd , he ftole my Cloak , And pick'd my Fob , and what he took ; Which was the Cause that made me bang him , And take my Goods again Marry hang him . Nichet qui les ...
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... True . In this Cafe , has the better End on't ; Who putting in a new Cross - Bill , May traverse th ' Action ? Then there's a Lady too , Better still . I marry , That's easily prov'd accessary ; A Widow , who , by folemn Vows ...
... True . In this Cafe , has the better End on't ; Who putting in a new Cross - Bill , May traverse th ' Action ? Then there's a Lady too , Better still . I marry , That's easily prov'd accessary ; A Widow , who , by folemn Vows ...
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Page 4 - re out of hopes of flying, Will run away from death, by dying ; '.'.« Or turn again to stand it out, And those they fled, like lions, rout. This...
Page 15 - For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. Hence timely running's no mean part Of conduct, in the martial art...
Page 36 - Is sillier than a sottish chouse, Who, when a thief has robb'd his house, Applies himself to cunning men, To help him to his goods again ; When all he can expect to gain, Is but to squander more in vain : And yet I have no other way, But is as difficult to play.
Page 47 - I'd give More than I'll say, or you believe." II est, dit-il, de par le monde Un Sidrophel, que Dieu confonde, Que j'ai rosse des mieux. " Fort bien " — Et maintenant il dit, le chien, Qu'il m'a battu. —
Page 140 - Next him his son and heir apparent Succeeded, though a lame vicegerent ; Who first laid by the parliament, The only crutch on which he leant ; And then sunk underneath the state That rode him above horseman's weight.
Page 51 - Je vous en fais mon compliment $ Je voudrois pour bien de l'argent , Et plus que vous ne fçauriez croire, Qu'il m'arrivât pareille hiftoire. Si grand train je la menerois , Ainfi que fa bourfe , & ferois Que cette Dame refolue Seroit ma femme, ou bien pendue. . Car mariage...
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Page 246 - All public actions, though our own ; The least miscarriage aggravate, And charge it all upon the State ; Express the horrid'st detestation, And pity the distracted nation ; Tell stories scandalous and false, I' th' proper language of cabals, Where all a subtle statesman says, Is half in words, and half in face ; (As Spaniards talk in dialogues Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs) Intrust it under solemn vows Of Mum, and Silence, and the Rose, To be retail'd again in whispers, For the
Page 12 - Devils then t foot one , quoth he ., but Carnal Men , A little worfe than fiends in Hell , And that She-Devil , Jezabel : That laugh' d and tee-he' d with Derifion, To fee them take your Depofition.