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Pleasant and Diver live. 5
Bless sweet Prince Charles, Two Dukes, Three Girls,
Lord save his Majesty ;
Grant that his Commons, Lords, and Earls,
May lead such lives as He.
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BOld Impudent i^//<?r invented a Plot,
And all to discover the Devil knows what ;
About a young Bantling strangely begot.
Which no body can deny.
The better to cheat both the Fools and the Wise,
He Impos'd on a Nation a Hundred of Lies ;
That none but a Knight of the Post could devise.
Which no body can deny.
He
Bless sweet Prince Charles, Two Dukes, Three Girls,
Lord save his Majesty ;
Grant that his Commons, Lords, and Earls,
May lead such lives as He.
Help House of Commo?2S, &c.
Plain Proof Rtiind :
Or, a Grand CHEAT Discover d.
±±z
»
«
i — m -M~^-^ — g -#—
*^
-<S>-r G>-
BOld Impudent i^//<?r invented a Plot,
And all to discover the Devil knows what ;
About a young Bantling strangely begot.
Which no body can deny.
The better to cheat both the Fools and the Wise,
He Impos'd on a Nation a Hundred of Lies ;
That none but a Knight of the Post could devise.
Which no body can deny.
He
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Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed music > Wit and mirth, or, Pills to purge melancholy > Volume 5 > (17) Page 5 - Plain proof ruin'd, or, A grand cheat discover'd |
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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