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Lord Chesterfields epigram on K, George 1st
Lord Chesterfields epigram on K. George 1st


In such a rain as this, so poets sing,
In such a rain as this, so poets sing,
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     Garrik on Dr Hill
     Garrik on Dr Hill
For forces and Physick his equal there scarce is
For forces and physick his equal there scarce is
His forces are Physick, his physick a farce is
His forces are Physick, his physick a farce is



Latest revision as of 19:37, 12 August 2017

Lord Chesterfields epigram on K. George 1st

In such a rain as this, so poets sing, luck holds to heaven go, God save the King.

By a Westminster boy who usually slept in his wig.

Hæc coma, quam cernis, varios mihi suppetit usus

     Tutomen capiti nocte dieq[ue] decus,
    Garrik on Dr Hill

For forces and physick his equal there scarce is His forces are Physick, his physick a farce is

             Epitaph on a convict at Oxford

Here lies Parker Hall & what's very rarish He was born, bred & hang'd in St Thomas's Parish

             Epitaph

Here lies the wife of Thomas Paxton who always pleas'd and never vex'd one not like the woman under yee next stone