The Works of William Hay ...J. Nichols; and sold by J. Dodsley ... J. Robson ... and B. and J. White, 1794 |
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Page 133 - My cause concerns nor battery nor treason ; I sue my neighbour for this only reason, That late three sheep of mine to pound he drove : This is the point the court would have you prove. Concerning Magna Charta you run on. And all the perjuries of old King John ; Then of the Edwards and Black Prince you rant, And talk of John o' Stiles and John o' Gaunt: With voice and hand a mighty pother keep.
Page 233 - Honest and poor, faithful in word and thought ; What has thee, Fabian, to the city brought? Thou neither the buffoon, nor bawd canst play, Nor with false whispers th...
Page 228 - Still let him busy be, and in a crowd, And very much a slave, and very proud : Thus he perhaps powerful and rich may grow ; No matter, O ye gods ! that I'll allow: But let him peace and freedom never see ; Let him not love this life, who loves not me ! MARTIAL, Lib. II. Ep. liii. Vis fieri liber ? &c.
Page 237 - Let this eftate from parents' care defcend ; The getting it too much of life does fpend i Take fuch a ground, whole gratitude may be A fair encouragement for induftry. Let conftant fires the winter's fury tame ; . And let thy kitchen's be a veftal flame. Thee to the town let never fuit at law, And rarely, very rarely, bufmefs, draw.
Page 157 - A DOCTOR lately was a captain made : It is a change of title, not of trade.
Page 237 - Instead of art and luxury in food, Let mirth and freedom make thy table good. If any cares into thy day-time creep, At night, without wine's opium, let them sleep.
Page 228 - Be no lord, but less a lord would Have ; The ground he holds, if he his own can call, He quarrels not with Heaven because 'tis small : Let gay and toilsome greatness others please He loves of homely littleness the ease.
Page 234 - T enjoy at once a quiet life and thee ; If we for happiness could leisure find, And wandering time into a method bind ; We should not sure the great-men's favour need, Nor on long hopes, the court's thin diet, feed ; We should not patience find daily to hear The calumnies and flatteries spoken there ; We should not the lords...
Page 231 - Quod te nomine ?" &c. That I do you, with humble bows no more, And danger of my naked head, adore ; That I, who, Lord and master...
Page 238 - Where poverty itself in plenty flows And all the solid use of riches knows. The ground about the house maintains it there, The house maintains the ground about it here Here even hunger's dear, and a full board Devours the vital substance of the lord. The land itself does there the feast bestow, The land itself must here to market go.