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... principle of action once explore , That instant ' tis his principle no more . Like following life through creatures you dissect , You lose it in the moment you detect . Yet more ; the difference is as great between • The optics ...
... principle of action once explore , That instant ' tis his principle no more . Like following life through creatures you dissect , You lose it in the moment you detect . Yet more ; the difference is as great between • The optics ...
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Must then at once ( the character to save ) The plain rough hero turn a crafty knave ? Alas ! in truth the man but changed his mind , Perhaps was sick , in love , or had not dined . Ask why from Britain Cæsar would retreat ?
Must then at once ( the character to save ) The plain rough hero turn a crafty knave ? Alas ! in truth the man but changed his mind , Perhaps was sick , in love , or had not dined . Ask why from Britain Cæsar would retreat ?
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That gay free - thinker , a fine talker once , ? What turns him now a stupid silent dunce ? Some god , or spirit , he has lately found ; Or chanced to meet a minister that frown'd . Judge we by nature ?
That gay free - thinker , a fine talker once , ? What turns him now a stupid silent dunce ? Some god , or spirit , he has lately found ; Or chanced to meet a minister that frown'd . Judge we by nature ?
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so true as what you once let fall : 6 Most women have no characters at all . ” NOTHING 5 . 10 Matter too soft , a lasting mark EP . II . ) 21 MORAL ESSAYS . EPISTLE II: To a Lady: Of the Characters of Women.
so true as what you once let fall : 6 Most women have no characters at all . ” NOTHING 5 . 10 Matter too soft , a lasting mark EP . II . ) 21 MORAL ESSAYS . EPISTLE II: To a Lady: Of the Characters of Women.
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Twas thus Calypso once each heart alarm'd , 6 Awed without virtue , without beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as her eyes , Less wit than mimic , more a wit than wise ; Strange graces still , and stranger ...
Twas thus Calypso once each heart alarm'd , 6 Awed without virtue , without beauty charm'd ; Her tongue bewitch'd as oddly as her eyes , Less wit than mimic , more a wit than wise ; Strange graces still , and stranger ...
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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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