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" So he began, and other means he found, As he went on, to multiply a pound : Though blind so long to interest, all allow That no man better understands it now. Him in our body-corporate we chose, And, once among us, he above us rose ; Stepping from post... "
The Borough: A Poem in Twenty-four Letters - Page 71
by George Crabbe - 1810 - 330 pages
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The Port Folio, Volume 4

1810 - 702 pages
...brother or your uncle's son, Done ought amiss; or is he thought t'hare done:' ' Stepping from pest to post he reach'd the chair; And there he now reposes:— that's the Mayor.' He has a sort of jingle, too, which we think is of his own invention; for instance: ' For forms and...
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The Borough: A Poem, in Twenty-four Letters

George Crabbe - 1810 - 402 pages
...heart, For lack of knowledge in this precious art : " Five Pounds for every Hundred will he give ? " And then the Hundred ? — I begin to live."— So...he above us rose ; Stepping from post to post, he reach 'd the Chair, And there he now reposes— that's the Mayor, But, 'tis not he, 'tis not the kinder...
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The works of George Crabbe, Volume 2

George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 pages
...heart, " For my late Knowledge in this precious Art:— " Five Pounds for every Hundred will he give ? " And then the Hundred ? I begin to live."— So he began, and other means he found, As be went on, to multiply a Pound: c Though blind so long to Interest, all allow That no Man better understands...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: The borough

George Crabbe - 1834 - 336 pages
..." For my late knowledge in this precious art: — " Five pounds for every hundred will he give ? " And then the hundred? — I begin to live." — So...Chair, And there he now reposes — that's the Mayor. (2) But 't is not he, 't is not the kinder few, The mild, the good, who can our peace renew ; A peevish...
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The borough

George Crabbe - 1834 - 334 pages
...in this precious art:— " Five pounds for every hundred will he give? " And then the hundred?—I begin to live."— So he began, and other means he...post to post, he reach'd the Chair, And there he now reposes—that's the Mayor.( 2 ) But't is not he, 't is not the kinder few, The mild, the good, who...
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The poetical works of ... George Crabbe, with his letters and journals, and ...

George Crabbe - 1840 - 332 pages
..." For my late knowledge in this precious art: — " Five pounds for every hundred will he give ? " And then the hundred? — I begin to live."— So...Chair, And there he now reposes — that's the Mayor. (2) But 't is not he, 't is not the kinder few, The mild, the good, who can our peace renew ; A peevish...
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William Shakspere: A Biography, Book 2

Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...produce little change in those institutions which are founded in the ancient habits of a people. " Him in our body-corporate we chose, And, once among...chair, And there he now reposes — that's the mayor." So wrote Crabbe in the reign of George III. There have been endless theories, old and new, affirmations,...
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The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume

George Crabbe - 1845 - 558 pages
...will he give 7 And then the hundred ? — I begin lo live." So he began, and other means he found, A» he went on, to multiply a pound : Though blind so...post, he reach'd the chair, And there he now reposes — that 's the mayor. But 't is not he, Ч is not the kinder few. The mild, the good, who can our...
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Contributions to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...' Has your wife's brother, or your uncle's son, Done aught amiss; or is he thought t' have done?" ' Stepping from post to post he reach'd the chair ; And there he now reposes : — that's ihe Mayor !" He has a sort of jingle, too, which we think B of his own invention ; — for instance,...
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The Life and Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe

George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
..." For my late knowledge in this precious art : — u Five pounds for every hundred will he give? " And then the hundred ? — I begin to live." — So...he above us rose ; Stepping from post to post, he rcach'd the Chair, And there he now reposes — that 's the Mayor.3 But 'tis not he, 'tis not the kinder...
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