Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . u. GEORGE COLMAN, —1836. CoLMAN was eminent as a writer of comedies, a dou vivant,and a wit. Sheridan was his friend, and George IV. his booncompanion. One good action of that king (some say the onlyone) was to rescue Cohiian from cUfficulties, and appoint himdramatic censor. The man without principles henceforwardbecame impatient of patriotism, and the ribald talker erased theslightest adjuration with a Pharisaical shudder. LODGINGS FOR SKNGLE GEN
Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . u. GEORGE COLMAN, —1836. CoLMAN was eminent as a writer of comedies, a dou vivant,and a wit. Sheridan was his friend, and George IV. his booncompanion. One good action of that king (some say the onlyone) was to rescue Cohiian from cUfficulties, and appoint himdramatic censor. The man without principles henceforwardbecame impatient of patriotism, and the ribald talker erased theslightest adjuration with a Pharisaical shudder. LODGINGS FOR SKNGLE GENTLEMEN. Who has eer been in London, that overgrown seen Lodgings to let stare him full in the face;Some are good and let dearly; while some, tis well known,Are so dear, and so bad, they are best let alone. Will Waddle, whose temper was studious and lonely,Hired lodgings that took single gentlemen only;But Will was so fat he appeared like a like two single gentlemen rolled into one. He entered his rooms, and to bed he all the night long he felt feverd and heated ;And, though heavy to weigh as a score o
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