Two Music Speeches at Cambridge, Spoken at Public Commencements in the Years 1714 and 1730, by R. Long and J. Taylor. to Which Are Added, Dr. Taylot's Latin Speech at St. Mary's, 1730; Poems, Essays, and Correspondence. to the Whole Are Prefixed, Memoirs
Two Music Speeches at Cambridge, Spoken at Public Commencements in the Years 1714 and 1730, by R. Long and J. Taylor. to Which Are Added, Dr. Taylot's Latin Speech at St. Mary's, 1730; Poems, Essays, and Correspondence. to the Whole Are Prefixed, Memoirs
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ... on her hand, can read, How long she's like to live a Maid. He can with ease recover soon The Thimble lost, or Silver Spoon; And help you to find out the Thief, As well as by the Shears and Sieve. He has an Amulet, or Charm, Put it but on, you '11 take no harm; Though you should hear the Screech-owl shriek, Or Cricket ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ... on her hand, can read, How long she's like to live a Maid. He can with ease recover soon The Thimble lost, or Silver Spoon; And help you to find out the Thief, As well as by the Shears and Sieve. He has an Amulet, or Charm, Put it but on, you '11 take no harm; Though you should hear the Screech-owl shriek, Or Cricket chirp, or Death-watch strike; From the ill omen it would screen, Should you at table make Thirteen; No danger need you fear at all, Should you the Salt-seller let fall, Or hear the Raven thrice cry Pork, Or lay across your Knife and Fork. Alas! that he no Herbs can find, To ease the pain of love-sick mind! But there 's no help in that disease, From Galen or Hippocrates: All can be done on that occasion, Is gaining th' object of your passion; Should that impossible appear, Then change your mind, and fix elsewhere; For this Probatum none can doubt, One nail will drive another out. Well then, since here (a sight that's very rare) Men much more plentiful than Women are; Out of this Company, 'tis my advice, You unprovided Ladies take your choice. Here is variety enough: you have The gay, the wise, the witty, and the grave. How do our Proctors there your fancies hit? The one for Beauty fam'd, the other Wit. I should the Oxford Doctor first have shown, But that we 've Doctors plenty of our own; Besides, he has little need of our good wishes, Of whom so many of you long for kisses. Some here, since Scarlet has such charms to win ye, For Scarlet Gown have laid out many a guinea. Though, I should think, you had far better wed The young in Sable, than the old in Red. There's one amongst our Doctors may be found, Values his face above a thousand pound; f But, if you stand, he 'II something 'bate perhaps, Provided that you don't insist on shapes: Some of o...
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