The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... pleased with your extra- ordinary compliment , I have wit enough to know how little I deserve it . You know all mankind are putting themselves upon the world for more than they are worth , and their friends are daily helping the deceit ...
... pleased with your extra- ordinary compliment , I have wit enough to know how little I deserve it . You know all mankind are putting themselves upon the world for more than they are worth , and their friends are daily helping the deceit ...
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... pleased with the com- pliment , and only said , " O fie , O fie ! you wits will always make things out either a great deal worse or better than they are . " ] 20 What are the aims and the fate of this sex - I . As to power . 21 II . As ...
... pleased with the com- pliment , and only said , " O fie , O fie ! you wits will always make things out either a great deal worse or better than they are . " ] 20 What are the aims and the fate of this sex - I . As to power . 21 II . As ...
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... pleased can see a younger charm , or hear Sighs for a sister with unwounded ear ; That ne'er shall answer till a husband cool , Or , if you rule him , never show you rule ; Please by receiving , by submitting sway , Yet have your humour ...
... pleased can see a younger charm , or hear Sighs for a sister with unwounded ear ; That ne'er shall answer till a husband cool , Or , if you rule him , never show you rule ; Please by receiving , by submitting sway , Yet have your humour ...
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... pleased with them . One divine you cannot be without as a good Christian ; and a statesman you have lately had , for I hear my Lord Selkirk has been with you . But ( that I may not be unintelligible quite to the bottom of this page ) I ...
... pleased with them . One divine you cannot be without as a good Christian ; and a statesman you have lately had , for I hear my Lord Selkirk has been with you . But ( that I may not be unintelligible quite to the bottom of this page ) I ...
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... pleased to see your Lordship and Mr. Pope , when you will be so bountiful as to give me any part of your time . " In the same rambling epistle ( which she acknowledges to be as long as a Chancery bill ) she expatiates on her peculiar ...
... pleased to see your Lordship and Mr. Pope , when you will be so bountiful as to give me any part of your time . " In the same rambling epistle ( which she acknowledges to be as long as a Chancery bill ) she expatiates on her peculiar ...
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