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The English dance of death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson; (1903)

Combe, William, 1742-1823, Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 · London, Methuen and co. · leaf 146

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;And seemd contented to retire,A knowing, petty Country Squire. No one will Son or Father praise.They both were bad in diffrent ways:The one was known his life to passAn useless treasure to amass :The other spent it like an Ass.For neither Jack nor Gripus knewThe happy medium to pursue.The art… … ^1 i ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 107 GRETNA GREEN Ask what is Love,—or where tis foundIn our Lifes busy, ceaseless round,Enquire of all you chance to meet,In every house, in evry Street;And then weigh well the strange repliesFrom old and young, from fools and wise,From rich and poor, from great and…

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