The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... lines from Pope , comme- morative of the beauty of Stowe , and the virtues of Cobham , are also cut on the pillar : - " And you brave Cobham , to the latest breath , Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death ; Such in those moments ...
... lines from Pope , comme- morative of the beauty of Stowe , and the virtues of Cobham , are also cut on the pillar : - " And you brave Cobham , to the latest breath , Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death ; Such in those moments ...
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... lines that can , with decency , be quoted from that poem , - " And all the Court in tears , and half the town , Lament dear charming Oldfield dead and gone . Engaging Oldfield ! who , with grace and ease , Could join the arts to ruin ...
... lines that can , with decency , be quoted from that poem , - " And all the Court in tears , and half the town , Lament dear charming Oldfield dead and gone . Engaging Oldfield ! who , with grace and ease , Could join the arts to ruin ...
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... lines , the additions forming the most striking and brilliant passages in the poem . ] NOTHING so true as what you once let fall : " Most women have no characters at all . " Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear , And EP . II . ] 21 ...
... lines , the additions forming the most striking and brilliant passages in the poem . ] NOTHING so true as what you once let fall : " Most women have no characters at all . " Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear , And EP . II . ] 21 ...
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... lines - pointed out by Wakefield - in Cowley's Davideis : - " This he with starry vapours spangles all , Took in their prime , ere they grow ripe and fall : Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade , The choicest part took out , the scarf ...
... lines - pointed out by Wakefield - in Cowley's Davideis : - " This he with starry vapours spangles all , Took in their prime , ere they grow ripe and fall : Of a new rainbow ere it fret or fade , The choicest part took out , the scarf ...
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... epistles . ] 13 In the MS . were these lines : - 66 ' Oppress'd with wealth , and wit , abundance sad ! One makes her poor , the other makes her mad . " Full sixty years the world has been her trade , EP . II . ] 25 MORAL ESSAYS .
... epistles . ] 13 In the MS . were these lines : - 66 ' Oppress'd with wealth , and wit , abundance sad ! One makes her poor , the other makes her mad . " Full sixty years the world has been her trade , EP . II . ] 25 MORAL ESSAYS .
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