When Winchester races first took their beginningIt is said the good people forgot their...
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen was a famous English novelist who wrote six novels that depicted the lives and manners of the British gentry in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. She is known for her realistic and witty style, her use of irony and satire, and her exploration of themes such as marriage, class, and social change. |
When stretch’d on one’s bedWith a fierce-throbbing head,Which preculdes alike thought or repose,How little...
The day returns again, my natal day;What mix’d emotions with the Thought arise!Beloved friend,...
This little bag I hope will proveTo be not vainly made–For, if you should...
See they come, post haste from Thanet,Lovely couple, side by side;They’ve left behind them...
Oh! Mr. Best, you’re very badAnd all the world shall know it;Your base behaviour...
Of a Ministry pitiful, angry, mean,A gallant commander the victim is seen.For promptitude, vigour,...
1 Ever musing I delight to treadThe Paths of honour and the Myrtle GroveWhilst...
My dearest Frank, I wish you joyOf Mary’s safety with a Boy,Whose birth has...
In measured verse I’ll now rehearseThe charms of lovely Anna:And, first, her mind is...