The Literary Miscellany, or Selections and Extracts, Classical and Scientific; With Originals, in Prose and Verse: Poets; Viz; Goldsmith; Armstrong; Jenyns; Cotton (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Ver,;at' that time but nine years old, was required to dance a hornpipe, a youth playing at the same tithe on a violin. Being just recovered from the small pox, by. Which he was much marked, and his figdre being short and thick, the musician took 00 casion 'to' compare him to fesop dancing. Pleased with-this thought, he kept harping on the idea; but his vanity received a sudden check by the stopping shott of Oliver in the dance, with this retort.

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