The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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A Catch. By Mr. T. Brown.
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Let the Woman be damn'd, (a mod'rate Fate)Or die an old Maid, as grey as a Cat,
That her Lover refuses for want of Estate.
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Let her, that sets Man, like a Beast, to be sold,And above metal'd Flesh, loves a Lump of dead Gold,
Look green when she's young, and be pox'd when she's old.
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But let those that are wise, contemn the dull Store;Wives chose by their Weight, will be weighty no more;
If for Gold they will wed, for the same they will whore.
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