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... play the fool on Sundays , why not we ? If he the tinkling harpsichord regards As inoffensive , what offence at cards ? Strike up the fiddles , let us all be gay ; Laymen have leave to dance if parsons play . Oh Italy ! -thy sabbaths ...
... play the fool on Sundays , why not we ? If he the tinkling harpsichord regards As inoffensive , what offence at cards ? Strike up the fiddles , let us all be gay ; Laymen have leave to dance if parsons play . Oh Italy ! -thy sabbaths ...
Page 292
... play all the game . But truce with censure . Roving as I rove , Where shall I find an end , or how proceed ? As he that travels far oft turns aside , To view some rugged rock or mouldering tower , Which seen delights him not ; then ...
... play all the game . But truce with censure . Roving as I rove , Where shall I find an end , or how proceed ? As he that travels far oft turns aside , To view some rugged rock or mouldering tower , Which seen delights him not ; then ...
Page 367
... play , and how he sold Watch , seals , and all - till all his pranks are told . Retracing thus his frolics , ( ' tis a name That palliates deeds of folly and of shame ) He gives the local bias all its sway ; Resolves that where he play ...
... play , and how he sold Watch , seals , and all - till all his pranks are told . Retracing thus his frolics , ( ' tis a name That palliates deeds of folly and of shame ) He gives the local bias all its sway ; Resolves that where he play ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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