The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men and Manners, Times and Seasons, Solemnities and Merry-makings, Antiquities and Novelties, on the Plan of the Every-day Book and Table Book, Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times: Forming a Complete History of the Year; and a Perpetual Key to the Almanack |
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... thou art more dexterous in com- mitting theft than in applying medicine ; hadst thou wrapt up thy stolen prey in yellow wax , it would have penetrated , and transmuted the lead into gold . I then asked if the philosophic work cost much ...
... thou art more dexterous in com- mitting theft than in applying medicine ; hadst thou wrapt up thy stolen prey in yellow wax , it would have penetrated , and transmuted the lead into gold . I then asked if the philosophic work cost much ...
Page 733
... thou wilt wear it gracefully ; And on thy brow ' twill sit so fair , And thou wilt dance so light and free ; Had I a thousand gems , on thee , Fair one ! their brilliant light should shine : Would'st thou such gift accept from me , - O ...
... thou wilt wear it gracefully ; And on thy brow ' twill sit so fair , And thou wilt dance so light and free ; Had I a thousand gems , on thee , Fair one ! their brilliant light should shine : Would'st thou such gift accept from me , - O ...
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... thou hast done ? Thou hast chased each vernal roamer With thy fiercely burning sun . Glad was the cuckoo's hail ; Where may we hear it now ? Thou hast driven the nightingale From the waving hawthorn bough . Thou hast shrunk the mighty river ...
... thou hast done ? Thou hast chased each vernal roamer With thy fiercely burning sun . Glad was the cuckoo's hail ; Where may we hear it now ? Thou hast driven the nightingale From the waving hawthorn bough . Thou hast shrunk the mighty river ...
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