The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1795 Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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Page 51 - I shall have wars and woeful strife, Or in a loathsome dungeon end my life. Know, dame, I dreamt within my troubled breast, That in our yard I saw a murderous beast, That on my body would have made arrest.