The New Bath Guide: Or Memoirs of the B.N.R.D. Family: In a Series of Poetical EpistlesJohn Browne, 1807 - Всего страниц: 106 |
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Стр. 33 - twas for me that the good-natur'd people Rung so hard, that I thought they would pull down the steeple; So I took out my purse, as I hate to be shabby, And paid all the men when they came from the Abbey.
Стр. 83 - Hat can compare, Bag-Wig, and lac'd Ruffles, and black Solitaire? *> And what can a Man of true Fashion denote, Like an Ell of good Ribbon ty'd under the Throat? My Buckles and Box are in exquisite Taste; The one is of Paper, the other of Paste...
Стр. 90 - Him mourn'd all the Dryads on CLAVERTON'S mount; Him AVON deplor'd, him the nymph of the Fount, The Crystalline streams. Then perish his picture, his statue decay, A tribute more lasting the Muses shall pay. If true what philosophers all will assure us, Who dissent from the doctrine of great EPICURUS, That the spirit's immortal: as poets allow, If life's occupations are follow'd below: In reward of his labours, his virtue and pains, He is footing it now in th...
Стр. 44 - Pest Join'd issue at once, and went in with the rest; And this they all said was exceedingly good For strengthening the spirits, and mending the blood. It pleas'd me to see how they all were inclin'd To lengthen their lives for the good of mankind: For I ne'er would believe that a bishop or judge...
Стр. 114 - All the while her mamma was expressing her joy, That her daughter the morning so well could employ. — Now why should the Muse, my dear mother, relate The misfortunes that fall to the lot of the great? As homeward we came— 'tis with sorrow you'll hear What a dreadful disaster attended the Peer : For whether...
Стр. 26 - tis a fine day for walking— AKSTEY.] • THE CONSULTATION OP PHYSICIANS. 169 Sad news in the papers — G — d knows who's to blame ! The colonies seem to be all in a flame — This stamp act, no doubt, might be good for the crown, But I fear tis a pill that will never go down — What can Portugal mean...
Стр. 26 - tis a fine day for walking ; Sad news in the papers — heaven knows who's to blame ! The colonies seem to be all in a flame — This Stamp Act no doubt might be good for the crown, But I fear 'tis a pill that will never go down. — What can Portugal mean '> — Is she going to stir up Convulsions and heats in the bowels of Europe 7 'Twill be fatal if England relapses again From the ill-blood and humors of Bourbon and Spain.
Стр. 121 - To his taylorwas much in arrears: An author of merit, Who wrote with such spirit The pillory took off his ears. A sum, my dear mother, far heavier yet, Captain Cormorant won when I learn'd lansquenet; Two hundred I paid him, and five am in debt : For the five I had nothing to do but to write, For the captain was very well bred and polite, Distresses of the Family.
Стр. 112 - so tickle one's ear, " Lard ! what would I give that Sir Simon was here ! " To the next public breakfast Sir Simon shall go, " For I find here are folks one may venture to know: " Sir Simon would gladly his Lordship attend, " And my Lord would be pleas'd with so cheerful a friend.
Стр. 94 - When the master that's left it (though no one objects To his care of the boys in all other respects) Was extremely remiss, for a sensible man, In never contriving some elegant plan For improving their persons, and showing them how To hold up their heads, and to make a good bow, When they've got such a charming long room for a ball, Where the scholars might practise, and masters and all ; But what is much more, what no parent would chuse — He burnt all their ruffles and cut off their queues.