The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits |
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THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN
THE
RIGHT HON. HENRY PELHAM
AND
WILLIAM, EARL OF BATH. |
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THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE RIGHT HON. HENRY PELHAM AND WILLIAM, EARL OF BATH.
THE story goes, as Fame will tattle still,Once on a time 'squire Harry met Lord Will;
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“I'll tell you, Hal, a secret worth your ear.
“The Old Man's gone where God knows what's his case,
“And I've declared that I'll accept his place.”—
“And is it so! why let me tell you, brother,
“(Sure one good turn, they say, deserves another)
“I, too, for once, a secret will reveal,
“Which long, indeed, I cannot well conceal:
“Our master, who you know ne'er breaks his word,
“Promis'd I should succeed him at the board—
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Will star'd, and cock'd, and cock'd and star'd again;
Pleased Harry blush'd to see his rival's pain.
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