The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 406
s readers Jhallthink ft, HOR. WALPOLE, THE FUNERAL OF THE LIONESS: A FABLE.IMITATED FROM LA FONTAINE. HE favage nation plungd in crimes,(As write the doctors of the times,Who know exact what paffions moveThe breaft fupreme of angry Jove),The Thundrer dippd his lightnings keenIn vials of fmall-pox… … MISCELLANEOUS VERS A folemn pomp of funral ritesHe orders, and his peers invites,By found of trump and heralds grave,To meet at the cathedral-cave. So, fond of pageantry and fights,As his hiftoric grandfon writes,Pruffias firft monarch vented foTowIn fighs to-day, in mows to-morrow. Each fhaggy…
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