The Works of Mr. Thomas Brown: The Odes of Horace translated. Martial's translated Epigrams. Fables. Miscellanies. Dialogues of the dead, in imitation of Lucian. A supplement...v.5. Prophesies...Legacy for the ladies, or characters of the women of the ageS. Briscoe, 1720 - Erotic literature |
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... these Qualities , that induc'd me to make Your L fhip this Prefent , I hope they will fufficiently cufe my fubfcribing myself , My LORD , Your Lordship's Moft humble , and moft obedient Servant , SAM . BRISCO THE CONTENTS TO THЕ Fourth ...
... these Qualities , that induc'd me to make Your L fhip this Prefent , I hope they will fufficiently cufe my fubfcribing myself , My LORD , Your Lordship's Moft humble , and moft obedient Servant , SAM . BRISCO THE CONTENTS TO THЕ Fourth ...
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... these Tempests to remove , No more fhall rugged Boréas blow , No more the frozen Plants decay , But fmile as they enjoy'd a long continu'd Mays . IV . To learn your Lot and future State , Ne'er pry into the Adamantine Books of Fate But ...
... these Tempests to remove , No more fhall rugged Boréas blow , No more the frozen Plants decay , But fmile as they enjoy'd a long continu'd Mays . IV . To learn your Lot and future State , Ne'er pry into the Adamantine Books of Fate But ...
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... these two Miles , by help of Calculation , Make four , by that I've reach'd my Habitation . You're near Sage Will's , the Land of Mirth and Claret ; I live flow'd up in a White - Chapel Garret : Vol . IV . C Ofc Oft when Iv'e walk'd fo ...
... these two Miles , by help of Calculation , Make four , by that I've reach'd my Habitation . You're near Sage Will's , the Land of Mirth and Claret ; I live flow'd up in a White - Chapel Garret : Vol . IV . C Ofc Oft when Iv'e walk'd fo ...
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... these vain Endeavours mocks , ́ ́ And Time , that knows thou'ft hoary Locks , Will pluck thy Mask off with a Pox . nodod The 50th Epigram of Martial imitated . Queris folicitus diu , rogafq ; Cui tradas , Lupe , filium Magiftro , & c ...
... these vain Endeavours mocks , ́ ́ And Time , that knows thou'ft hoary Locks , Will pluck thy Mask off with a Pox . nodod The 50th Epigram of Martial imitated . Queris folicitus diu , rogafq ; Cui tradas , Lupe , filium Magiftro , & c ...
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... these Terms accofted . II . Our Wars are ended , Heav'n be prais'd , Then let's fit down and prattle , Of Towns invested , Sieges rais'd , And what we did in Battel . III . 1 The Plains a pleafing Profpect yield , No Fire , nor ...
... these Terms accofted . II . Our Wars are ended , Heav'n be prais'd , Then let's fit down and prattle , Of Towns invested , Sieges rais'd , And what we did in Battel . III . 1 The Plains a pleafing Profpect yield , No Fire , nor ...
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Page 123 - If your friend is in want, don't carry him to the tavern, where you treat yourself as well as him, and entail a thirst and headache upon him next morning. To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, or fill his snuffbox, is like giving a pair of lace ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back. Put something into his pocket.
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Page 128 - Divine ought to calculate his sermon, as an astrologer does his almanack to the meridian of the place and people where he lives.
Page 333 - From hence you may look back on civil rage And view the ruins of the former age. Here a New World its glories may unfold, And here be sav'd the remnants of the Old. But while your...
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Page 76 - In vain his drugs as well as Birch he try'd— His boys grew blockheads, and his patients dy'd. Next he turn'd Bard, and, mounted on a cart, Whose hideous rumbling made Apollo start, Burlesqued the Bravest, Wisest son of Mars, In ballad rhymes, and all the pomp of Farce.
Page 70 - Boys, fill all the glasses, Fill them up now he shines; The higher he rises, The more he refines; For wine and wit fall As their maker declines.
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