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...a_ntiquated,jjid vulgar phrafes. The following are about the bcft lines which it cotttains: ' Thou waft a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievifh Jay Seeking her food, with eafe might have purloiii'd Hie auburn nut that held thee, fwallowing...

...Yardley Chase, in his state of embryo, and in decay, is strikingly painted : ' Thou wast a bauble once 5 a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and....thine embryo vastness, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decretd : autumnal rains. Beneath thy parent-tree, mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle, and a skipping...

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