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... he would have seen that the whole of this boasted emendation is not of the slightest value . The transpositions made by the commentator do not affect in any material point ; and it is to be regretted that Pope yielded such implicit ...
... he would have seen that the whole of this boasted emendation is not of the slightest value . The transpositions made by the commentator do not affect in any material point ; and it is to be regretted that Pope yielded such implicit ...
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... 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 whole ...
... 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 whole ...
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... acting contrition , he professed being determined to work out his pardon at Court , by speaking against the bishop , in order to which he begged some hints . The minister ( Walpole ) was deceived , and went through the whole cause ...
... acting contrition , he professed being determined to work out his pardon at Court , by speaking against the bishop , in order to which he begged some hints . The minister ( Walpole ) was deceived , and went through the whole cause ...
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220 225 230 21 Yet mark the fate of a whole sex of queens ! 20 Power all their end , but beauty all the means : In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy ...
220 225 230 21 Yet mark the fate of a whole sex of queens ! 20 Power all their end , but beauty all the means : In youth they conquer with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy ...
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... this page ) I must tell your Grace , in English , that I have made a painter bestow the aforesaid omaments round about you ( for upon you there needs none ) , and I am , upon the whole , pleased with my picture beyond expression .
... this page ) I must tell your Grace , in English , that I have made a painter bestow the aforesaid omaments round about you ( for upon you there needs none ) , and I am , upon the whole , pleased with my picture beyond expression .
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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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