The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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Page 29
... gave delight before , Reduced to feign it , when they give no more : As hags hold sabbaths , less for joy than spite , So these their merry , miserable night ; Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide , And haunt the places ...
... gave delight before , Reduced to feign it , when they give no more : As hags hold sabbaths , less for joy than spite , So these their merry , miserable night ; Still round and round the ghosts of beauty glide , And haunt the places ...
Page 31
... gave you beauty , but denied the pelf 285 That buys your sex a tyrant o'er itself . The generous god , who wit and gold refines , And ripens spirits as he ripens mines , 290 Kept dross for duchesses , the world shall know it , To you gave ...
... gave you beauty , but denied the pelf 285 That buys your sex a tyrant o'er itself . The generous god , who wit and gold refines , And ripens spirits as he ripens mines , 290 Kept dross for duchesses , the world shall know it , To you gave ...
Page 34
... gave it against him . ” One letter from the Duchess of Hamilton to Swift appears in his corre- spondence , and one addressed to her by Pope is also published . We subjoin both . Pope's letter was written in that gay and splendid period ...
... gave it against him . ” One letter from the Duchess of Hamilton to Swift appears in his corre- spondence , and one addressed to her by Pope is also published . We subjoin both . Pope's letter was written in that gay and splendid period ...
Page 36
... I would listen to her with the same veneration and belief in all her doctrines as the disciples of Socrates gave to the words of their master , or he himself to his demon ( for I think 36 : [ EP . II . MORAL ESSAYS .
... I would listen to her with the same veneration and belief in all her doctrines as the disciples of Socrates gave to the words of their master , or he himself to his demon ( for I think 36 : [ EP . II . MORAL ESSAYS .
Page 38
... on receiving from the Queen a picture in enamel , set with diamonds , took off the diamonds , and gave the picture to a Mrs. Higgins , to be sold . The Earl of Oxford ( Harley ) purchased it for £. 38 [ EF . II . MORAL ESSAYS .
... on receiving from the Queen a picture in enamel , set with diamonds , took off the diamonds , and gave the picture to a Mrs. Higgins , to be sold . The Earl of Oxford ( Harley ) purchased it for £. 38 [ EF . II . MORAL ESSAYS .
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