The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... e'en been proved to grant a lover's prayer , And paid a tradesman once , to make him stare ; Gave alms at Easter , in a Christian trim , And made a widow happy , for a whim . 55 Why then declare good - nature is her scorn , When ' tis ...
... e'en been proved to grant a lover's prayer , And paid a tradesman once , to make him stare ; Gave alms at Easter , in a Christian trim , And made a widow happy , for a whim . 55 Why then declare good - nature is her scorn , When ' tis ...
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... e'en that passion , if it has no aim ; For though such motives folly you may call , 150 155 The folly's greater to have none at all . Hear then the truth : ' Tis Heaven each passion sends , " And different men directs to different ends ...
... e'en that passion , if it has no aim ; For though such motives folly you may call , 150 155 The folly's greater to have none at all . Hear then the truth : ' Tis Heaven each passion sends , " And different men directs to different ends ...
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... e'en denied a cordial at his end , Banish'd the doctor , and expell'd the friend ? What but a want , which you perhaps think mad , Yet numbers feel - the want of what he had ! Cutler and Brutus , dying , both exclaim , " Virtue and ...
... e'en denied a cordial at his end , Banish'd the doctor , and expell'd the friend ? What but a want , which you perhaps think mad , Yet numbers feel - the want of what he had ! Cutler and Brutus , dying , both exclaim , " Virtue and ...
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... In mode and form , e'en to a very scruple ; Oh cruel irony ! these come too late , And only mock whom they were meant to honour . ” EPISTLE IV . TO RICHARD BOYLE , EARL OF BURLINGTON IV . G EP . III . ] 81 ADDITIONAL NOTES .
... In mode and form , e'en to a very scruple ; Oh cruel irony ! these come too late , And only mock whom they were meant to honour . ” EPISTLE IV . TO RICHARD BOYLE , EARL OF BURLINGTON IV . G EP . III . ] 81 ADDITIONAL NOTES .
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... e'en fools , by flatterers besieged , And so obliging , that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato , give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; 200 205 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise , And wonder with ...
... e'en fools , by flatterers besieged , And so obliging , that he ne'er obliged ; Like Cato , give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; 200 205 210 While wits and Templars every sentence raise , And wonder with ...
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