The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2Theophilus Barrois junior, 1783 |
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... grace , And to be grave , exceeds all pow'r of face , I fit with fad civility , I read With honeft anguish , and an aching head ; And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This faving counsel , » Keep your piece nine years « . Nine ...
... grace , And to be grave , exceeds all pow'r of face , I fit with fad civility , I read With honeft anguish , and an aching head ; And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This faving counsel , » Keep your piece nine years « . Nine ...
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... grace and fplendor on original wit . Befides , he deemed it more modeft to give the name of Imitations to his Satires , than , like Def- preaux , to give the name of Satires to Imi- tations . P. SATIRE I. ΤΟ Mr. FORTE S cu E. THERES ...
... grace and fplendor on original wit . Befides , he deemed it more modeft to give the name of Imitations to his Satires , than , like Def- preaux , to give the name of Satires to Imi- tations . P. SATIRE I. ΤΟ Mr. FORTE S cu E. THERES ...
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... grace , Chiefs out of war , and ftatefmen out of place . There , St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feaft of reafon and the flow of foul : And he , whofe lightning pierc'd th'Iberian lines , Now forms my quincunx , and now ranks ...
... grace , Chiefs out of war , and ftatefmen out of place . There , St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feaft of reafon and the flow of foul : And he , whofe lightning pierc'd th'Iberian lines , Now forms my quincunx , and now ranks ...
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... grace . Fortune not much of humbling me can boast : Tho ' double tax'd , how little have I loft ? My life's amusements have been just the same , Before , and after standing armies came . My lands are fold , my father's house is gone ; I ...
... grace . Fortune not much of humbling me can boast : Tho ' double tax'd , how little have I loft ? My life's amusements have been just the same , Before , and after standing armies came . My lands are fold , my father's house is gone ; I ...
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... grace ; » If not , by any means get wealth and place « . For what ? to have a box where eunuchs fing , And foremost in the circle eye a king . Or he , who bids thee face with fteady view Proud fortune , and look shallow greatness thro ...
... grace ; » If not , by any means get wealth and place « . For what ? to have a box where eunuchs fing , And foremost in the circle eye a king . Or he , who bids thee face with fteady view Proud fortune , and look shallow greatness thro ...
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