 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...! two Puddings fmoak'd" upo» the Board. Afleep and naked as an Indian lay, An honeft Fa£tor Hole a Gem away : He pledged it to the Knight ; the Knight had Wit, So kept the Diamond and die Rogue was bit. Some Scruple rofe, but thus he eas'd his Thought, «' I'll now give Six-pence where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...fmoak'd upon the board. Aflcep and naked as an Indian lay, An honeft factor ftole a Gem away : He pledg'd it to the knight ; the knight had wit, So kept the Diamond, and the rogue was bit. Some feruple rofe, but thus he eas'd his thought, " I'll now give fix-pence where I gave a groat ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...upon the board. 360 Afleep and naked as an Indian lay, An honeft fa<5lor ftole a Gem away: He pledg'd it to the knight, the knight had wit, So kept the Diamond, and the rogue was bit. Some fcruple rofe, but thus he eas'd his thought, 3.65 " I'll now give fixpence where I gave a groat;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...upon the board. 360 Afleep a1ul naked as an Indian lay, An honeft faftor dole a Gem away : He pledg'd it to the knight, the knight had wit, So kept the .Diamond, and fhc rogue was bit. Some Icn:nlc' rofe, but thus he ea's'd his thought, 365 V, I'll now give fixpence... | |
 | English poetry - 1782 - 518 pages
...fmoak'd upon the board. Afleep and naked as an Indian lay, An honeft faftor Hole a gem away : He pledg'd it to the knight ; the knight had wit, So kept the diamond, and the rogue was bit. Some fcruple rofe, but thus he eas'd his thought: ' I'll now give fixpence where I gave a groat; '... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...upon the board. 360 Afleep and naked as an Indian lay, An honefl faftor ftole a Gem away : He pledg'd it to the knight, the knight had wit, So kept the Diamond, and the rogue was bit. Some fcruple rofe, but thus he eas'd his thought, 365 ".I 'll now give fixpence where I gave a groat;... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...fmoak'd upon the board. Alkcp and naked as an Indian lay, An honeft factor flolc a gem away ; He pledg'd , mingling blaze with blaze, Polilh'd in courts, and harden'd in the field, Rcnown Some fcruplc rofc, hut thus he cas'd his thought, " I'll now give fixpcnce where I gave a groat ; "... | |
 | 1794 - 918 pages
...upon the board. Athep and naked a* an Indian lay, 361 An hoocu f-âor flole a gcni away : Ht pL'dg'd it to the knight, the knight had wit, So kept the diamond, and the rogue was bit. Somefcruple rufe, but thus he eas'd his thought, '' 1'il now give fixpenc« where I gave a groat ;... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...and naked as an Indian lay, 361 An boncß faâor ttole a ¿cm away : He pledg'd it to the kniglit, the knight had wit, So kept the diamond, and the rogue was bit. Somefcruple rofe, but thus he eas'd his thought, " I'll now giye uxpenc* where Г gave a gioat ; "... | |
 | 1799 - 686 pages
...his admirable hiftory of Sir Balaam : ' Aileep and naked as an Indian lay, An honeil factor ftole the gem away ; He pledged it to the knight, the knight...wit, So kept the diamond, and the rogue was bit.' • I have little a'oubt,' adds our author, ' but the poet in this inftance, as in many others, gave... | |
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He pledged it to the knight, the knight had wit, So kept the diamond, and the rogue was bit. 
