The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... fince had birth Ere Cæfar was , or Newton nam'd ; These rais'd new Empires o'er the Earth , And Thofe , new Heav'ns and Systems fram'd . NE forte credas interitura , quae Longe fonantem natus ad Aufidum Non ante vulgatas per artes Verba ...
... fince had birth Ere Cæfar was , or Newton nam'd ; These rais'd new Empires o'er the Earth , And Thofe , new Heav'ns and Systems fram'd . NE forte credas interitura , quae Longe fonantem natus ad Aufidum Non ante vulgatas per artes Verba ...
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... fince my SHARPER is untrue , I joyless make my once ador'd Alpeu . I saw him ftand behind OMBRELIA'S Chair , And whisper with that soft , deluding air , And thofe feign'd ' fighs which cheat the lift'ning Fair . CARDE LI A. Is this the ...
... fince my SHARPER is untrue , I joyless make my once ador'd Alpeu . I saw him ftand behind OMBRELIA'S Chair , And whisper with that soft , deluding air , And thofe feign'd ' fighs which cheat the lift'ning Fair . CARDE LI A. Is this the ...
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... fince has writ a tittle , But has the Wit to make the moft of little : Like ftunted hide - bound Trees , that just have got Sufficient Sap at once to bear and rot . 5 10 Now he begs Verfe , and what he gets commends 42 MISCELLANIE S ...
... fince has writ a tittle , But has the Wit to make the moft of little : Like ftunted hide - bound Trees , that just have got Sufficient Sap at once to bear and rot . 5 10 Now he begs Verfe , and what he gets commends 42 MISCELLANIE S ...
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... to earth again . That Woman is a Worm , we find E'er fince our Grandame's evil ; She first convers'd with her own kind , That ancient Worm , the Devil . * The Learn'd themselves we Book - worms name , The MISCELLANIE S. 43.
... to earth again . That Woman is a Worm , we find E'er fince our Grandame's evil ; She first convers'd with her own kind , That ancient Worm , the Devil . * The Learn'd themselves we Book - worms name , The MISCELLANIE S. 43.
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... fince Death must that fair frame deftroy , Die , by fome fudden Ecftafy of Joy ; In fome foft dream may thy mild foul remove , And be thy latest gafp a Sigh of Love . 10 15 20 To Mr. THOMAS SOUTHERN , On his Birth - day 48 MISCELLANIE S ...
... fince Death must that fair frame deftroy , Die , by fome fudden Ecftafy of Joy ; In fome foft dream may thy mild foul remove , And be thy latest gafp a Sigh of Love . 10 15 20 To Mr. THOMAS SOUTHERN , On his Birth - day 48 MISCELLANIE S ...
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