“I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.”
The Gamester (1753), Act ii. Sc. 2. Compare: "The potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice", Samuel Johnson, in Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. viii. Chap. ii.
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The Spider and the Bee. Fable x.
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“But from the hoop’s bewitching round,
Her very shoe has power to wound.”
The Spider and the Bee. Fable x.
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The Happy Marriage.
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“Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies,
And love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.”
"Song XII" (c. 1750s), St. 3; (Poetical Works of Edward Moore, London: Cawthorn, 1797).
The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat. Fable ix.
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The Boy and the Rainbow. Compare: "I have had my labour for my travail", William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act i., Sc. 1.
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