The merry fellow [T128505] [ecco]

DMI number:

862

Publication Date:

1754

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T128505

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW124595133

Shelfmark:

Ecco - Bod

Full Title:

THE | Merry Fellow. | A COLLECTION | Of the best | [two columns] [col1] MODERN JESTS | COMIC TALES, | POEMS, | FABLES, [/col1] | [col2] EPIGRAMS, | EPITAPHS, | AND | RIDDLES. | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for W. OWEN, at [i]Homer's Head[/i], near | [i]Temple-Bar[/i]. | [short rule] | M.DCC.LIV.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

Mispagination: 320 mispaginated as '300'; 321 as 231.

Comments:

Contents: prose Jests pp. [1]-120; Tales pp. 121-242; Poems, Epigrams, &c. pp. 243-315; Epitaphs pp. 316-300[i.e. 320]; Riddles pp. 231 [i.e. 321]-331; Key to the riddles p. [332] Non-verse epitaphs, p. 316, 318-9; Latin epitaph p. 319.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Contents [2pp].

Related People

Publisher:

William Owen

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

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The doctor to avoid all further strife

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p.62

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As Lambeth prayed such was the dire event

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p.92

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There lived in Lombardy as authors write

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pp.121-141

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January and May.

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Dear Tom | This comes to let you know

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pp.142-147

Poem Title:

The Spinning-Wheel.

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Behold the woes of matrimonial life

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pp.148-159

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The Wife of Bath.

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Old satan who for different ends

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pp.159-164

Poem Title:

The Devil Outwitted.

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In Britain's isle and Arthur's days

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pp.165-170

Poem Title:

A Fairy Tale.

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The story every Christian knows

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pp.170-178

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Bashful Ben.

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Dick served a widow of no mean esteem

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pp.178-180

Poem Title:

The Game of Put.

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In fruitful Lombardy of yore

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pp.180-192

Poem Title:

The Royal Cuckold.

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Happy the man who void of cares and strife

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pp.192-196

Poem Title:

The Splendid Shilling.

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Folks that are wickedly inclined

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pp.196-198

Poem Title:

The Elbow-Chair.

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Beauty's a gaudy sign no more

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pp.199-200

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The Curious Maid.

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Avaro lived a private life

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pp.200-202

Poem Title:

The Substitute Father.

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In Chloe's chamber she and I

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pp.203-204

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A Fragment.

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Since now my Sylvia is as kind as fair

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pp.204-207

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The Happy Night.

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In days of yore when Roman rules

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pp.207-212

Poem Title:

The Exorcism.

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Two welshmen partners in a cow

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pp.212-213

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The Bad Bargain on both Sides.

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As through the street a Quaker chanced to pass

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pp.213-214

Poem Title:

The Button-Hole.

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A rap at the door when forth from her chair

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pp.214-216

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A Modern Visit.

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Quoth Simon to Thomas and showed him his wife

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p.216

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Simple Simon.

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In Lancashire as stories tell

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pp.217-219

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The Hidden Charm.

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Begin my muse a comic tale

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pp.219-223

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The Odd Nine-Pence.

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At Trompington not far from Cambridge stood

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pp.223-231

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The Miller of Trompington.

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When fair Susannah in a cool retreat

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p.223

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Susannah and the Two Elders.

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Two fellow servants John and Sue

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pp.232-233

Poem Title:

The Disappointed Damsel.

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As John the sailor and his lass

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p.234

Poem Title:

The Captain and the Sailor.

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It happened on a winter night

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pp.235-236

Poem Title:

The Merry Cobler.

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It so befell a silly swain

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p.236

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The Lout looking for his Heifer.

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Hirco an old but amorous blade

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pp.237-242

Poem Title:

The Leaky Vessel.

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A certain priest had hoarded up

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p.242

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The Robber robb'd.

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By fops addressed by beaux admired

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pp.243-244

Poem Title:

Phillis's Wedding.

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A bag wig of a jaunty air

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pp.245-246

Poem Title:

The Bag-Wig and the Tobacco-Pipe. A Fable.

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Ye lovely maids whose yet unpractised hearts

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pp.246-249

Poem Title:

The Art of Coquetry.

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Desponding Phyllis was endued

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pp.249-252

Poem Title:

Phyllis; or the Progress of Love.

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If Bellvill can his generous soul confine

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pp.252-253

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An Imitation of Horace's Invitation of Torquatus to Supper.

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Hence loathed melancholy

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pp.253-257

Poem Title:

L' Allegro, or Mirth.

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My father and mother what ail em

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pp.257-259

Poem Title:

The Rural Lass.

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A tender miss whom mother's care

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pp.259-261

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Miss and the Butterfly. A Fable.

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Relax sweet girl your wearied mind

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pp.262-263

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The pretty Bar-Keeper.

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O the great happiness which shepherds have

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pp.263-265

Poem Title:

The Happy Shepherd.

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From Spencer's Fairy Queen.

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Edmund Spenser

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Twere well my friend for human kind

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pp.265-267

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The Two Beavers. A Fable.

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A monkey to reform the times

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pp.267-269

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The Monkey who had seen the World. A Fable.

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In every town where Thamis rolls his tide

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pp.269-270

Poem Title:

The Alley. In Imitation of Spencer.

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Whenever I wive young Strephon cried

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p.271

Poem Title:

The Spell.

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A single church not large but neat

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pp.272-276

Poem Title:

The Country Rector.

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A trout the plumpest in the tide

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p.276

Poem Title:

The Trout. A Fable.

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Tired with the business of the day

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pp.277-279

Poem Title:

Melesinda's Misfortune, on the burning her Smock.

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My Florio wildest of his sex

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p.280

Poem Title:

The Decision.

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Tell me whence these sorrows grow

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pp.280-282

Poem Title:

Thirsis and Phillida. A Pastoral.

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In days my lord when mother time

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pp.282-287

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An Epistle from S--- J---, Esq; in the Country, to the Right Hon. the Lord Lovelace in Town.

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from S--- J---, Esq;

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If you dear Joe at an old friend's request

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pp.287-289

Poem Title:

An Invitation to Dinner.

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One night plump Sue and coachman Ned

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pp.289-290

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Epigram I. Women the best Politicians.

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Giles Jolt as sleeping in his cart he lay

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pp.290-291

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IV. Giles Jolt and his Cart.

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Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare

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p.290

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III.

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When Lupus has wrought hard all day

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p.290

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II.

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A Welshman coming late into an inn

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p.291

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VII. On a Welchman.

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Of two reliefs to cure a lovesick mind

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p.291

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VI. The best Cure for Love.

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When Phyllis confessed her the father was rash

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p.291

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V.

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Charinus 'twas my hap of late

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p.292

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X. To Charinus, an ugly Woman's Husband.

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Ten months after Florimel happened to wed

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p.292

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XI.

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When Loveless married lady Jenny

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p.292

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IX.

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Whenever I look I may descry

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p.292

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VIII. The Dart. To the Lady L-- M--.

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Blessed be the princes who have fought

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p.293

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XVI.

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Fair as the blushing grape she stands

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p.293

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XV.

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I am unable yonder beggar cries

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p.293

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XIII. A lame Beggar.

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Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved

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p.293

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XII.

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Whilst maudlin whigs deplore their Cato's fate

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p.293

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On a Lady who shed her Water at seeing the Tragedy of Cato.

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Come Meg be quick and make the bed

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p.294

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XVIII.

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How old may Phyllis be you ask

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pp.294-295

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XX. Phyllis's Age.

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On his deathbed poor Lubin lies

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p.294

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XIX.

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When Gammar Gurton first I knew

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p.294

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XVII.

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A bachelor would have a wife that's wise

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p.295

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XXIII. In uxorem optatam.

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A jealous merchant that a sailor met

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p.295

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XXIV. Tunc tua res agitur.

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My love and I for kisses played

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p.295

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XXII.

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You ask dear Will what we disdain

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p.295

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XXI.

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A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

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p.296

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XXV. The Courtier and the Soldier.

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Fair Ursly in a merry mood

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pp.296-297

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XXVIII.

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Olivia's gay but looks devout

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p.296

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XXVI. The Pious Hypocrite.

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Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

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p.296

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XXVII. On Mr. Hearne, the great Antiquary.

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My heart is proud your chains to wear

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p.297

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XXIX. To a Lady of Pleasure.

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Deaf giddy helpless left alone

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p.297

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XXX. Dean Swift on his own Deafness.

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Dean Swift

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Jonathan Swift

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Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame

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p.298

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XXXI. The Lady's Resolve.

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Whoever with curious eye has ranged

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pp.298-299

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XXXII. The Monkies. To our modern Beaux.

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Hence ye deluding subtle painted foes

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p.299

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XXXIII. On a Pack of Cards.

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If death must come as oft as breath departs

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p.299

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XXXIV.

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Lesbia forever on me rails

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p.300

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XXXVI.

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Sylvia methinks you are unfit

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p.300

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XXXVII.

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Under this hedge in stormy weather

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p.300

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XXXV. The Marriage Certificate.

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Who says that Giles and Joan at discord be

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pp.300-301

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XXXVIII. On Giles and Joan.

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Chloe brisk and gay appears

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p.301

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XL.

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Here lives a man who by relation

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p.301

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XXXIX. Written over a Gate.

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As Thomas was cudgelled one day by his wife

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p.302

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XLIII. Courage misplaced.

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Honest Sim and his wife once to sea took a trip

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p.302

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XLI. The fortunate Sailor.

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Phyllis the fairest of love's foes

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p.302

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XLII.

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A scolding wife so long a sleep possessed

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pp.303-304

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XLVI. The disappointed Husband.

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Minerva one day pray let no body doubt it

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pp.303-304

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XLV. Minerva's Mistake. To the beautiful and ingenious Miss ********.

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Nokes went he thought to Styles's wife to bed

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p.303

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XLIV. A Case to the Civilians.

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Rich Gripe does all his thoughts and cunning bend

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pp.304-305

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XLIX.

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When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

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p.304

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XLVII. Venus mistaken.

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When Cupid did his grandsire Jove entreat

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p.304

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XLVIII. On Miss Floyd.

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Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light

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p.305

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LII. On a stingy Beau.

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My sickly spouse with many a sigh

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p.305

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LI. The Resignation.

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Some say that signior Bononcini

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p.305

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L. The Musical Contest.

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Married 'tis well a mighty blessing

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p.306

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LIV. On a hasty Marriage.

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Scotland thy weather's like a modish wife

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p.306

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LIII. The Scotch Weather-Wife.

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The King of Great Britain was reckoned before

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p.306

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LV. On the King's Statue placed on the Top of Bloomsbury-Steeple.

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Where Chloe in the shady grove was laid

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p.306

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LVI. Cupid mistaken.

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A swarm of sparks young gay and bold

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p.307

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LVIII. The Courtship.

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Early this morn a time to muses kind

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pp.307-308

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LIX. The Nonpareil.

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Two parties had a difference and the cause

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p.307

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LVII. The Law-Suit.

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Are the guests of this house still doomed to be cheated

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p.308

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LX. Written in the Window of the Deanery-House of St. Patrick in Dublin.

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Unhappy Strephon dead and cold

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p.308

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LXI. The Lover's Legacy.

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Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace

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pp.309-310

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LXIV.

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Nature to all does provision make

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p.309

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LXII. Mens Muliebris.

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Unformed in nature's shop while Crassus lay

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p.309

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LXIII. On Crassus a covetous Parson.

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Cried Strephon panting in Cosmelia's arms

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p.310

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LXVII. The Rapture.

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T--r a priest of modern date

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p.310

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LXV. On Thing needful.

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The poets sing of old that amorous Jove

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pp.310-311

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LXVIII. The Husband.

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Women to cards may be compared we play

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p.310

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LXVI. A Simile.

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In marriage are two happy things allowed

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p.311

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LXIX. On Wedlock.

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Seven matrons old were met over brandy

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pp.311-312

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LXXI.

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What Is It Like? or, Verse upon Old T--r's Marriage with Miss Graves.

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Whoever he is desires to see

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p.311

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LXX. A Character of Scotland, taken from a Pane of Glass, in an Inn in the Northern Road.

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Doris a widow past her prime

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p.313

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LXXIII. The Real Affliction.

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Julia young wanton flung the gathered snow

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pp.313-314

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LXXIV. On Julia's throwing a Snow Ball.

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Quite worn to the stumps in a piteous condition

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p.313

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LXXII. The Petition of Justice B--ns's Horse, to his Grace the Duke of N--.

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As Sir Toby reeled home with his skin full of wine

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p.314

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LXXVII. Sir Toby's Journey.

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Sylvia makes a sad complaint she has lost her lover

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p.314

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LXXV. Sylvia.

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When Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair

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p.314

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LXXVI. On a handsome Idiot.

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Ah me quoth Betty who could ever have thought

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p.315

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LXXX.

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I've lost my mistress horse and wife

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p.315

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LXXIX. On Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's receiving three Letters by the same Post, advising of the Death of his Mistress, his Wife, and his Horse.

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Thanks for this miracle for it is no less

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p.315

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LXXVIII. Grace after Meat; spoken extempore by a Gentleman at the Table of a Miser, who, once in his Life, made a sumptuous Entertainment.

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Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd

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p.316

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1. Of By-Words.

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Here lies a horse beneath this stone

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pp.317-318

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3. On a Stumbling Horse.

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What we have been and what we are

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p.319

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[5. ('Quod fuit esse, quod est, quod non fuit esse quod esse')] Paraphras'd in English.

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Here lies a reverend Givan priest

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p.300 [i.e. 320]

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9. On John Pettigrew, Minister at Givan near Glasgow, Scotland.

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Here lies the body of a beauteous maid

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p.300 [i.e. 320]

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8. On a very chaste Maid.

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Here lies the body of John a Treen

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p.300 [i.e. 320]

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6.

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I John Bell of Crakehill lies under this stein

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p.300 [i.e. 320]

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7. In Topliff Church-Yard in Yorkshire.

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From the retirements of the dead

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p.231 [i.e. 321]-322

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II.

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They who first formed me were within my womb

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p.231 [i.e. 321]

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Riddle I.

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Bred in the womb of mother earth

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pp.322-323

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III.

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I'm blacker than a winter's night

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p.323

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IV.

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A thing more strange all men will say

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p.324

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VI.

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All ruling tyrant of the earth

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p.324

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V.

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Ere time or place or forms were ushered in

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p.325

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VII.

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Twin born into the world I come

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pp.325-326

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VIII.

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Ladies I'm often under hedges seen

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pp.326-328

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IX.

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In shaping me both sexes join

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p.328

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X.

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Ladies | Say by what charmful turn of mind

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pp.328-329

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XI.

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Ah Strephon how can you despise

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pp.329-330

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XII.

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I have not to boast of much humour or wit

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p.330

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XIII.

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Though I never was born yet came I by smocking

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pp.330-331

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XIV.

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Without my aid no mortal can survive

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p.331

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XV.

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