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His hand unstain'd , his uncorrupted heart , His comprehensive head all interests weigh'd , All Europe saved , yet Britain not betray'd ? He thanks you not , his pride is in piquet , 85 Newmarket fame , and judgment at a bet.8 What made ...
His hand unstain'd , his uncorrupted heart , His comprehensive head all interests weigh'd , All Europe saved , yet Britain not betray'd ? He thanks you not , his pride is in piquet , 85 Newmarket fame , and judgment at a bet.8 What made ...
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“ How great must have been her affliction at the death of Cæsar , her lover , massacred by the hand of her own son , who perhaps hoped to efface this suspicion of his bastardy by this very action ! Historians have neglected to inform us ...
“ How great must have been her affliction at the death of Cæsar , her lover , massacred by the hand of her own son , who perhaps hoped to efface this suspicion of his bastardy by this very action ! Historians have neglected to inform us ...
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Time , that on all things lays his lenient hand , Yet tames not this ; it sticks to our last sand . Consistent in our follies and our sins , Here honest Nature ends as she begins . Old politicians chew on wisdom past , And totter on in ...
Time , that on all things lays his lenient hand , Yet tames not this ; it sticks to our last sand . Consistent in our follies and our sins , Here honest Nature ends as she begins . Old politicians chew on wisdom past , And totter on in ...
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Pictures like these , dear Madam , to design , Ask no firm hand , and no unerring line ; Some wandering touches , some reflected light , Some flying stroke alone can hit them right : For how should equal colours do the knack ?
Pictures like these , dear Madam , to design , Ask no firm hand , and no unerring line ; Some wandering touches , some reflected light , Some flying stroke alone can hit them right : For how should equal colours do the knack ?
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... on the one hand , your Grace's sweet disposition to your friends : and , on the other , to show you are near enough related to the thistle of Scotland to deserve the same motto with regard to your enemies . Nemo me impune lacessit .
... on the one hand , your Grace's sweet disposition to your friends : and , on the other , to show you are near enough related to the thistle of Scotland to deserve the same motto with regard to your enemies . Nemo me impune lacessit .
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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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