The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 2J. Nichol, 1856 |
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... whole ; Or affectations quite reverse the soul . The dull , flat falsehood serves for policy ; And , in the cunning , truth itself's a lie : 50 60 Unthought - of frailties cheat us in the wise ; 4 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
... whole ; Or affectations quite reverse the soul . The dull , flat falsehood serves for policy ; And , in the cunning , truth itself's a lie : 50 60 Unthought - of frailties cheat us in the wise ; 4 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
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... dull cits , and joins ( to please the fair ) The well - bred cuckolds in St James's air : First , for his son a gay commission buys , Who drinks , whores , fights , and in a duel dies : His daughter flaunts a viscount's tawdry wife ...
... dull cits , and joins ( to please the fair ) The well - bred cuckolds in St James's air : First , for his son a gay commission buys , Who drinks , whores , fights , and in a duel dies : His daughter flaunts a viscount's tawdry wife ...
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... dull reversion of a throne : Each would the sweets of sovereign rule devour , While Discord waits upon divided power . As stubborn steers , by brawny ploughmen broke , And join'd reluctant to the galling yoke , Alike disdain with ...
... dull reversion of a throne : Each would the sweets of sovereign rule devour , While Discord waits upon divided power . As stubborn steers , by brawny ploughmen broke , And join'd reluctant to the galling yoke , Alike disdain with ...
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... dull in nuptial bed they lay , Till the bell toll'd , and all arose to pray . Were it by forceful destiny decreed , Or did from chance , or nature's power proceed ; Or that some star , with aspect kind to love , Shed its selectest ...
... dull in nuptial bed they lay , Till the bell toll'd , and all arose to pray . Were it by forceful destiny decreed , Or did from chance , or nature's power proceed ; Or that some star , with aspect kind to love , Shed its selectest ...
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... dull authorities , Your idle wits , and all their learnèd lies : By heaven , those authors are our sex's foes , Whom , in our right , I must and will oppose ! ' 780 690 ' Nay , ' quoth the king , ' dear madam , be not wroth ; I yield it ...
... dull authorities , Your idle wits , and all their learnèd lies : By heaven , those authors are our sex's foes , Whom , in our right , I must and will oppose ! ' 780 690 ' Nay , ' quoth the king , ' dear madam , be not wroth ; I yield it ...
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