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... droop in absence of the sun That wak'd their sweets . Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore , And image charms he must behold no more . * Overrate . Pope , Eloisa . B 2 ABSENCE - continued . ABSENCE - ABSTINENCE . No.
... droop in absence of the sun That wak'd their sweets . Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore , And image charms he must behold no more . * Overrate . Pope , Eloisa . B 2 ABSENCE - continued . ABSENCE - ABSTINENCE . No.
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... charms ; But adds , for every grace resign'd , A thousand to adorn her mind . Shall our pale , wither'd hands , be still stretch'd out , Trembling , at once , with eagerness and age ? With av'rice , and convulsions , grasping hard ...
... charms ; But adds , for every grace resign'd , A thousand to adorn her mind . Shall our pale , wither'd hands , be still stretch'd out , Trembling , at once , with eagerness and age ? With av'rice , and convulsions , grasping hard ...
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... charms , in Curtius is divine : The same ambition can destroy or save , And make a patriot , as it makes a knave . Gay , Fable . 5 . Southern , Loy . Bro . Pope , Es . M. AMBITION - continued . AMBITION . Oh , sons of.
... charms , in Curtius is divine : The same ambition can destroy or save , And make a patriot , as it makes a knave . Gay , Fable . 5 . Southern , Loy . Bro . Pope , Es . M. AMBITION - continued . AMBITION . Oh , sons of.
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... charms ? Cowper , Task , ARGUMENT . O most lame and impotent conclusion . He that complies against his will , Is of his own opinion still .. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's no horse . He prove a buzzard is no ...
... charms ? Cowper , Task , ARGUMENT . O most lame and impotent conclusion . He that complies against his will , Is of his own opinion still .. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's no horse . He prove a buzzard is no ...
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... charms ; But adds , for every grace resign'd , A thousand to adorn her mind . Rowe , Tamerlane , As lamps burn silent with unconscious light , So modest ease in beauty shines most bright ; Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall , And ...
... charms ; But adds , for every grace resign'd , A thousand to adorn her mind . Rowe , Tamerlane , As lamps burn silent with unconscious light , So modest ease in beauty shines most bright ; Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall , And ...
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