 I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.  The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]. - Page 83edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
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...begins : Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd I said Tye up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead, The Dog-star rages! nay, 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out.56 At the other end of the century, however, a loosely defined and broadly discursive letter "to... | |
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