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" And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, 'Keep your piece nine years. "
The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers - Page 106
by Alexander Pope - 1854
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last ...

Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 pages
...honeft anguifh, and an aching head ; And drop at laft, but in unwilling ears, This faving counfel, " Keep your piece nine years." 40 Nine years ! cries he, who high in Drury -lane, Lull'd by foft zephyrs thro' the broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before Term...
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...honeft anguifh, and an aching head ; And drop at laft, but in unwilling ears, This faving counfel, " Keep your piece nine years." 40 Nine years ! cries he, who high in Drury-lane, Lull'd by foft Zephyrs through the. broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before Term ends, Oblig'd by...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 46

English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...honeft anguifh, and an aching head; And drop at laft, but in unwilling ears, This faving counfel, " Keep your piece nine years." 40 Nine years ! cries he, who high in Drury-lane, .Lull'd by foft Zephyrs through the broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before Term ends, Oblig'd by...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace, 3; And to be grave exceeds all pow'r of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...aching head, And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, 39 This saving counsel, " Keep your piece nine years." Nine years ! cries he, who, high in Drury Lane,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...who will not lie. To laugh Were want of goodness and of grace, 55 And to be grave exceeds«ll pow'rof face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...aching head, And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, 39 This saving counsel, " Keep your piece nine years." Nine years ! cries he, who, high in Drury Lane,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace, 35 And to be grave exceeds all pow'r of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...aching head, And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, 39 This saving counsel, " Keep your piece nine years." Nine years ! cries he who, high in Drury-Lane,...
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The Art of Speaking: Containing, an Essay, in which are Given Rules for ...

James Burgh - Elocution - 1804 - 308 pages
...po-w'r of face. I sit with sad civility. I read (1) With serious anguish, and an aching head ; Then drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel. " Keep your piece nine years," (2) Nine years!" cries he, who high in Drury- o(f with Surprife. Lull'd by io/5? zephyrs through the...
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The Art of Speaking: Containing. An Essay, in which are Given Rules for ...

James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...pow'r of face. I sit with si2<^ civility. I read (1) With serious anguish, and an aching head; Then drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel. " Keep your piece nine Advifinyears," (9) ' " Nine years. '" cries he, who high in Drury- off W;A Lane, LulTd by soft zephyrs...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...Who can't he silent, and who will not lie. To laugh were want of goodness and of grace, 35 And to he grave exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility,...in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, " Keep your peace nine years." " Nine years!" cries \-e, who, high in DruryLune, Lull'd by soft zephyrs tbrough...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...and who will not lie. To langh were want of goodness and of grace, And to be grave exceeds all pow'r of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest...in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, " Keep your peace nine years." ' " Nine years !" cries he, who, high in Drury-lane, Lull'd by soft zephyrs throngh...
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