The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... death ; Such in those moments as in all the past , Oh , save my country , Heaven ! ' shall be your last . " The actual circumstances attending Lord Cobham's death are related in the Memoirs of Hannah More . In his last moments , not ...
... death ; Such in those moments as in all the past , Oh , save my country , Heaven ! ' shall be your last . " The actual circumstances attending Lord Cobham's death are related in the Memoirs of Hannah More . In his last moments , not ...
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... death of multitudes , and the expense of millions , by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters , and agents , contractors , and commissaries , " whose equipages shine like meteors , and whose palaces rise like exhalations ...
... death of multitudes , and the expense of millions , by contemplating the sudden glories of paymasters , and agents , contractors , and commissaries , " whose equipages shine like meteors , and whose palaces rise like exhalations ...
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... death - in the edition which , with the assistance of Warburton , he had prepared for the press . The Epistle was thus extended from 200 to 292 lines , the additions forming the most striking and brilliant passages in the poem ...
... death - in the edition which , with the assistance of Warburton , he had prepared for the press . The Epistle was thus extended from 200 to 292 lines , the additions forming the most striking and brilliant passages in the poem ...
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... death , that opiate of the soul ! Lucretia's dagger , Rosamonda's bowl . Say , what can cause such impotence of mind ? A spark too fickle , or a spouse too kind . 65 70 125 75 9 80 85 90 8 In the lewd and vicious . 9 In the MS.:- " In ...
... death , that opiate of the soul ! Lucretia's dagger , Rosamonda's bowl . Say , what can cause such impotence of mind ? A spark too fickle , or a spouse too kind . 65 70 125 75 9 80 85 90 8 In the lewd and vicious . 9 In the MS.:- " In ...
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... death ! and equals ? what a curse ! But an inferior not dependant ? worse . 135 Offend her , and she knows not to forgive ; Oblige her , and she'll hate you while you live : But die , and she'll adore you - then the bust And temple rise ...
... death ! and equals ? what a curse ! But an inferior not dependant ? worse . 135 Offend her , and she knows not to forgive ; Oblige her , and she'll hate you while you live : But die , and she'll adore you - then the bust And temple rise ...
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