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MY Booksellers inform'd me, lately, that several inquiries had been made for _My Night-Gown and Slippers_,--but that every copy had been sold;--they had been out of print these two years.--"Then publish them again," said I, boldly,--(I print at my own risk)--and with an air of...
Pious Æneas no more pleasure knew Than did our Knight--who could he pious too-- In telling his exploits, and martial brawls: But pious _Thomas_ had no Dido near him-- No Queen--...
1. Chapter 1MY Booksellers inform'd me, lately, that several inquiries had been made for _My Night-Gown and Slippers_,--but that every copy had been sold;--they had been out of print these...
3. Chapter 3Here is a John, by moon-light, (a fat monk) Lying stone _dead_; and, here, a Roger, _quick_! And over John stands Roger, in a funk, Supposing he has kill'd him with a brick!
4. Chapter 4[6] An old Gentlewoman, a great admirer of the BLACK LETTER, (as many _old Gentlewomen_ are) presented the Author of these Tales with the _Original MS._ of this Sonnet; advising...