The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Travesty. [By O. Neville.]H. Colburn, 1811 - 237 pages |
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... nigh , No humbler place for laity . With Bacchanalian step , at last , The sacred garden - gate he pass'd Whose iron hinge , and wooden rail , Had often heard the beggar's tale- into a jeweller's shop , in Bond - Street , with the ...
... nigh , No humbler place for laity . With Bacchanalian step , at last , The sacred garden - gate he pass'd Whose iron hinge , and wooden rail , Had often heard the beggar's tale- into a jeweller's shop , in Bond - Street , with the ...
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... nigh , hard blew the wind , When Dick approached , with drunken look , ( A fellow feeling makes us kind ) On Dick the Parŝon pity took . ( b ) Oped for opened - a poetical and convenient licence . ( c ) This is no uncommon character in ...
... nigh , hard blew the wind , When Dick approached , with drunken look , ( A fellow feeling makes us kind ) On Dick the Parŝon pity took . ( b ) Oped for opened - a poetical and convenient licence . ( c ) This is no uncommon character in ...
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... nigh ; He tried to tune - ' twas all my eye . The lasses his dilemma knew , And gave him ale and rosin too , ( d ) ' Till every peg was twisted round , To bring about the wish'd - for sound ; And then he wished he mem'ry had , To recall ...
... nigh ; He tried to tune - ' twas all my eye . The lasses his dilemma knew , And gave him ale and rosin too , ( d ) ' Till every peg was twisted round , To bring about the wish'd - for sound ; And then he wished he mem'ry had , To recall ...
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... Swore that the spright was nigh ; And looked forth their eyes t ' employ— But no spirit met the eye ! ( f ) Honourable Society of Masons . XIV . From the sound of heavy touch , Bringing CANTO I. LAST MINSTREL , TRAVESTY . 21.
... Swore that the spright was nigh ; And looked forth their eyes t ' employ— But no spirit met the eye ! ( f ) Honourable Society of Masons . XIV . From the sound of heavy touch , Bringing CANTO I. LAST MINSTREL , TRAVESTY . 21.
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... nigh ; To Woodland ( i ) witch this mandate take : Why does Danny Backstitch's spright Walk en souris all the night , Leaving then the gulf of hell ; This ask - Now fare thee well ! ” XVIII . The inhuman voice it ceased , And the heavy ...
... nigh ; To Woodland ( i ) witch this mandate take : Why does Danny Backstitch's spright Walk en souris all the night , Leaving then the gulf of hell ; This ask - Now fare thee well ! ” XVIII . The inhuman voice it ceased , And the heavy ...
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