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... verses , which I have not been able to recover ; 1 but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector . VERSES to a LADY , on ...
... verses , which I have not been able to recover ; 1 but with what facility and elegance he could warble the amorous lay , will appear from the following lines which he wrote for his friend Mr. Edmund Hector . VERSES to a LADY , on ...
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... Verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a Sprig of Myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her bosom . We all know honest Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . " Such ...
... Verses Dr. Johnson gave her on a Sprig of Myrtle , which he had stolen or begged from her bosom . We all know honest Lucy Porter to have been incapable of the mean vanity of applying to herself a compliment not intended for her . " Such ...
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... verses to Lady Firebrace 1 may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . " The Chinese stories 2 may be had folded down when you please to send , in which I do not ...
... verses to Lady Firebrace 1 may be had when you please , for you know that such a subject neither deserves much thought , nor requires it . " The Chinese stories 2 may be had folded down when you please to send , in which I do not ...
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