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When flattery glares , all hate it in a queen , While one there is who charms us with his spleen.5 But these plain characters we rarely find ; Though strong the bent , yet quick the turns of mind : Or puzzling contraries confound the ...
When flattery glares , all hate it in a queen , While one there is who charms us with his spleen.5 But these plain characters we rarely find ; Though strong the bent , yet quick the turns of mind : Or puzzling contraries confound the ...
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Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roasted turnips in the Sabine farm . In vain the observer eyes the builder's toil , But quite mistakes the scaffold for the pile . In this one passion man can strength enjoy , As fits give ...
Lucullus , when frugality could charm , Had roasted turnips in the Sabine farm . In vain the observer eyes the builder's toil , But quite mistakes the scaffold for the pile . In this one passion man can strength enjoy , As fits give ...
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Ladies , like variegated tulips , show , ' Tis to their changes half their charms we owe ; Fine by defect ... Twas thus Calypso once each heart alarm'd , 6 Awed without virtue , without beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as ...
Ladies , like variegated tulips , show , ' Tis to their changes half their charms we owe ; Fine by defect ... Twas thus Calypso once each heart alarm'd , 6 Awed without virtue , without beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as ...
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250 That charm shall grow , while what fatigues the ring , 24 Flaunts and goes down , an unregarded thing : So when ... who can love a sister's charms , or hear 25 Sighs for a daughter with unwounded ear ; 260 She who ne'er answers till ...
250 That charm shall grow , while what fatigues the ring , 24 Flaunts and goes down , an unregarded thing : So when ... who can love a sister's charms , or hear 25 Sighs for a daughter with unwounded ear ; 260 She who ne'er answers till ...
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265 270 275 Charms by accepting , by submitting , sways , Yet has her humour most , when she obeys ; Let fops or fortune fly which way they will , Disdains all loss of tickets , or codille ; Spleen , vapours , or small - pox , above ...
265 270 275 Charms by accepting , by submitting , sways , Yet has her humour most , when she obeys ; Let fops or fortune fly which way they will , Disdains all loss of tickets , or codille ; Spleen , vapours , or small - pox , above ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Robert Carruthers |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | Robert Carruthers |
| Publisher | Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 9, 2010 |
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