The Adventures of Capt. Greenland: Written in Imitation of All Those Wise, Learned, Witty and Humorous Authors, who ... Write in the Same Stile and Manner. .... |
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Page 205 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
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Page 71 - ... me to make choice of one, I even there declined the liberty he gave, and, to his own election, yielded up my youth. — his tender care, my lord, directed him to you — Our .hands were joined, but...
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| Title | The Adventures of Capt. Greenland: Written in Imitation of All Those Wise, Learned, Witty and Humorous Authors, who ... Write in the Same Stile and Manner. .... Volume 4 of The Adventures of Capt. Greenland: Written in Imitation of All Those Wise, Learned, Witty and Humorous Authors, who ... Write in the Same Stile and Manner, W. Goodall |
| Author | W. Goodall |
| Publisher | R. Baldwin, 1752 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 25, 2007 |
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