Poems on Several Occasions: Rural sports. The fan. The shepherd's week. Trivia. The what d'ye call it; a tragi-comi-pastoral farceH. Lintot and J. and R. Tonson, 1753 |
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... fuch unblemish'd fame Ne'er glad the bofom of the courtly dame ) She never feels the spleen's imagin'd pains , Nor melancholy ftagnates in her veins ; She never lofes life in thoughtless ease , Nor on the velvet couch invites disease ...
... fuch unblemish'd fame Ne'er glad the bofom of the courtly dame ) She never feels the spleen's imagin'd pains , Nor melancholy ftagnates in her veins ; She never lofes life in thoughtless ease , Nor on the velvet couch invites disease ...
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... the right fimple Eclogue after the true ancient guise of Theo- critus , before this my attempt . Other Poet travailing in this plain high- way of Paftoral know I none . Yet , certes , Juchk fuch it behoveth a Paftoral to be , as nature.
... the right fimple Eclogue after the true ancient guise of Theo- critus , before this my attempt . Other Poet travailing in this plain high- way of Paftoral know I none . Yet , certes , Juchk fuch it behoveth a Paftoral to be , as nature.
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John Gay. fuch it behoveth a Paftoral to be , as nature in the country affordeth ; and the manners also meetly copied from the ruftical folk therein . In this alfo my love to my native country Britain much pricketh me forward , to ...
John Gay. fuch it behoveth a Paftoral to be , as nature in the country affordeth ; and the manners also meetly copied from the ruftical folk therein . In this alfo my love to my native country Britain much pricketh me forward , to ...
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... fuch as be now tenants to the Burgesses of this realme .. Furthermore , it is my purpose , gentle rea- der , to fet before thee , as it were a picture , or rather lively landschape of thy own country , just as thou mighteft fee it ...
... fuch as be now tenants to the Burgesses of this realme .. Furthermore , it is my purpose , gentle rea- der , to fet before thee , as it were a picture , or rather lively landschape of thy own country , just as thou mighteft fee it ...
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... fuch as Lobbin , Cuddy , Hobbinol , Diggon , and others , fome of which I have made bold to borrow . Moreover , as he called bis Eclogues , the fhepherd's calendar , and divided the fame into the twelve months , I have chofen ...
... fuch as Lobbin , Cuddy , Hobbinol , Diggon , and others , fome of which I have made bold to borrow . Moreover , as he called bis Eclogues , the fhepherd's calendar , and divided the fame into the twelve months , I have chofen ...
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