From “The Contrivances” GENTEEL in personage, Conduct, and equipage, Noble by heritage, Generous and free: Brave, not romantic; Learned, not pedantic; Frolic, not frantic; This must he be. Honor maintaining, Meanness disdaining, Still entertaining. Engaging and new. Neat, but not finical; Sage, but not cynical; Never tyrannical, But ever true.
God save our gracious king! Long live our noble king! God save the king! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us— God save the king! O Lord our God, arise! Scatter his enemies, And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks; On him our...
Of all the girls that are so smart There ’s none like pretty Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. There is no lady in the land Is half so sweet as Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. Her father he makes cabbage-nets, And...
From “The Contrivances” GENTEEL in personage, Conduct, and equipage, Noble by heritage, Generous and free: Brave, not romantic; Learned, not pedantic; Frolic, not frantic; This must he be. Honor maintaining, Meanness disdaining, Still entertaining. Engaging and new. Neat, but not finical;...
