The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… or an Owl in a Hollow-Tree, taking as much delight in my Books, as an Alchymist does in Bellows; till tired with Seven Years search after Knowledge, I began to reckon with my self for my Time; and examine what a Solomon my diligent Enquiry into the uncertain Guesses of our … my Hours at a Distaff . This was no little Vexation to a Man of my Genius, to find my Brains loaded to no purpose, with as many Antiquated Tringum Trangums as are lodg’d in the Whimsical Noddle of an Old Astrologer , and yet could …
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