The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 4A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... juft at Dinner - time . Is there a Parfon , much be - mus'd in beer , A maudlin Poetefs , a rhyming Peer , A Clerk , foredoom'd his father's foul to cross , Who pens a Stanza , when he fhould engros ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink ...
... juft at Dinner - time . Is there a Parfon , much be - mus'd in beer , A maudlin Poetefs , a rhyming Peer , A Clerk , foredoom'd his father's foul to cross , Who pens a Stanza , when he fhould engros ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink ...
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... , fharp , and piercing . It was done to intimate , that flattery was as odious to him when there was fome ground for commen . dation , as when there was none . VOL . IV . C Say for my comfort , languifhing in bed , Juft TO THE SATIRES . 17.
... , fharp , and piercing . It was done to intimate , that flattery was as odious to him when there was fome ground for commen . dation , as when there was none . VOL . IV . C Say for my comfort , languifhing in bed , Juft TO THE SATIRES . 17.
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Alexander Pope. Say for my comfort , languifhing in bed , Juft fo immortal Mare held his head : " And when I die , be fure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago . Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me ...
Alexander Pope. Say for my comfort , languifhing in bed , Juft fo immortal Mare held his head : " And when I die , be fure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago . Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me ...
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... Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And ftrains from hard bound brains , eight lines a year ; He , who ftill wanting , tho ' he lives on theft , 180 Steals much , fpends little , yet has nothing left : 184 And He , who now to ...
... Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And ftrains from hard bound brains , eight lines a year ; He , who ftill wanting , tho ' he lives on theft , 180 Steals much , fpends little , yet has nothing left : 184 And He , who now to ...
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Alexander Pope. Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Juft hint a fault , and hefitate diflike ; Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools , by Flatterers besieg'd ...
Alexander Pope. Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Juft hint a fault , and hefitate diflike ; Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools , by Flatterers besieg'd ...
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