The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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Page 31
... eyes first open'd on the sphere ; Ascendant Phoebus watch'd that hour with care , Averted half your parents ' simple prayer ; And gave you beauty , but denied the pelf 285 That buys your sex a tyrant o'er itself . The generous god , who ...
... eyes first open'd on the sphere ; Ascendant Phoebus watch'd that hour with care , Averted half your parents ' simple prayer ; And gave you beauty , but denied the pelf 285 That buys your sex a tyrant o'er itself . The generous god , who ...
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... eyes , and her grey hairs , which , by good fortune , stood directly upright . ] 2 [ Pulteney took Gay with him in a trip to France in 1717 , which fixes the date of this letter . ] right . This vain and fantastic lady is celebrated for ...
... eyes , and her grey hairs , which , by good fortune , stood directly upright . ] 2 [ Pulteney took Gay with him in a trip to France in 1717 , which fixes the date of this letter . ] right . This vain and fantastic lady is celebrated for ...
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... eyes , and the finest hair imagin- able , the colour of which she had preserved unchanged by the constant use of honey - water . None of her charms , when they were at their proudest height , had been so fondly prized by the poor Duke ...
... eyes , and the finest hair imagin- able , the colour of which she had preserved unchanged by the constant use of honey - water . None of her charms , when they were at their proudest height , had been so fondly prized by the poor Duke ...
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... eyes ) The wretch he starves " -and piously denies : But the good bishop , with a meeker air , Admits , and leaves them , Providence's care . 105 these means he was worth a great sum , which ( in reward for the small loss of his ears ) ...
... eyes ) The wretch he starves " -and piously denies : But the good bishop , with a meeker air , Admits , and leaves them , Providence's care . 105 these means he was worth a great sum , which ( in reward for the small loss of his ears ) ...
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... eye , " and " little Roman nose . " Miss Stewart had been so annoyed by the attentions of Charles , and the manners of his profligate Court , that she resolved to marry any gentleman of £ 1500 a - year , when , fortunately , the Duke of ...
... eye , " and " little Roman nose . " Miss Stewart had been so annoyed by the attentions of Charles , and the manners of his profligate Court , that she resolved to marry any gentleman of £ 1500 a - year , when , fortunately , the Duke of ...
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