 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 318 pages
...I fhall find the true gentleman's fate ; Ere you finifh your houfe, you'll have fpent your eftate. Now let us touch thumbs, and be friends ere we part....John, is my thumb. And, here, Mat, is my heart. To Halftead I fpeed; and you go back to town. Thus ends the Firft Part of the Ballad of Down. Derry downrdcwn,... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 322 pages
...gentleman's fate; Ere you finifh your houfe, you'll have fpent your eflate. Now let us touch thumbs, arid be friends ere we part. Here, John, is my thumb. And, here, Mat, is my heart. To Halftead I fpeed; and you go back to town: Thus ends the Firft Part of the Ballad of Down. Derry down,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 pages
...Ere you finifh your houfe, you '11 have fpent your eftate. Now let us touch thumbs, and be fi lends ere we part. Here, John, is my thumb. And, here, Mat, is my Heart. To Halftead I fpeed ; and vou go back to town. Thus ends the Firft Pan of the Ballad of Down. De^ ry down,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1028 pages
...finilh your houfe, you '11 have fpent youreftate. Now let us touch thumbs, and be friends ere we parr. Here, John, is my thumb. And, here, Mat, is my Heart. To Halftead I fpeed ; and you go back to town. Thus cuds the Firft Pan of the Ballad of Down. De ry down,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...I fhall find the true gentleman's fate ; Ere you finifh your houfe, you'll have fpent your eftate. Now let us touch thumbs, and be friends ere we part. Here, John, is my thumb ; and, here,Mat, is my heart. To Halftead I fpeed, and you go back to town. Thus ends the Firft Part of the... | |
 | 1795 - 846 pages
...my thumb; and, here, Mat, is my To Halftead I 1'per d, and you go back to town. Thut ends the firft part of the ballad of Down. '"• ' Derry down, down, hey derry down. VERSES $FOKIN TO LADY HENRIETTA-CAVI!»DISH HOLLE« HÄKLET, COUNTESS Of OXtOKB. Л tic Library o/... | |
 | 1797 - 454 pages
...you'll have spent yourestatc, Deny dmn, &c. XLIII. Now let us touch thumbs; and be friends ere we parti Here, John, is my thumb; and here, Mat, is my heart:...town; Thus ends the first part of the ballad of Down, Dcriy down, dawn, bey derry d(nun. A SONG. IF wine and music have the pow'r To ease the sickness of... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pages
...finifh your houfe you'll have fpent your eftate. Derry down, Sec. XLIII. Now let us touch thumbs, an I be friends ere we part. Here, John, is my thumb, and here, Mat, is my heart : To Halftead, I fpeed, and you go back to town ; Thus ends the firft part of the ballad of Down. 172 Derr5... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 520 pages
...house you'll have spent your estate, l Jerry down, &c. XLIII. To Halstead I speed, and go you hack to town; Thus ends the first part of the Ballad of Down, Derry down, down, hey derry down. A SONG. IF wine and music have the pow'r To ease ihe sickness of the soul, Let Phoehus ev'ry string... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 pages
...John, is my thumb;" " and, here, Mat. is. To Halstcad I speed, and you go back to town." Thus enus the First Part of the Ballad of Down. Derry down, down, hey dcrry down. SPOKES TO LABY HENRIETTA - CAVENDISH - HOLLEI HARI.EY, COUNTESS OF OXFORD. IN THI LIBRARY... | |
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If you have these whims of apartments and gardens, From twice fifty acres you'll ne'er see five farthings: And in yours I shall find the true gentleman's fate; Ere you finish your house, you'll have spent your estate . Now let us touch thumbs and be friends... 
