The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... virtues open fairest in the shade . Bred to disguise , in public ' tis you hide ; There , none distinguish ' twixt your shame or pride , Weakness or delicacy ; all so nice , 205 That each may seem a virtue , or a vice . In men we ...
... virtues open fairest in the shade . Bred to disguise , in public ' tis you hide ; There , none distinguish ' twixt your shame or pride , Weakness or delicacy ; all so nice , 205 That each may seem a virtue , or a vice . In men we ...
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... virtue , candour , and wit , gained him the love and esteem of the present age , and whose writings will be the admiration of the future . " It is said that the Duchess had a figure of Congreve made in wax - something like the ...
... virtue , candour , and wit , gained him the love and esteem of the present age , and whose writings will be the admiration of the future . " It is said that the Duchess had a figure of Congreve made in wax - something like the ...
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... virtue , and against the fashionable vices , " said Gay , " I am looked upon as the most obnoxious person almost in England ! " And all this about " Polly , " a dramatic piece which contains neither virtue , satire , wit , nor poetry ...
... virtue , and against the fashionable vices , " said Gay , " I am looked upon as the most obnoxious person almost in England ! " And all this about " Polly , " a dramatic piece which contains neither virtue , satire , wit , nor poetry ...
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... virtue to impart , Not meanly , nor ambitiously pursued , 220 Not sunk by sloth , not raised by servitude ; To balance fortune by a just expense , Join with economy , magnificence ; With splendour , charity ; with plenty , health ; Oh ...
... virtue to impart , Not meanly , nor ambitiously pursued , 220 Not sunk by sloth , not raised by servitude ; To balance fortune by a just expense , Join with economy , magnificence ; With splendour , charity ; with plenty , health ; Oh ...
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... Virtue hit , By G's goodness , or by S ―― ' s wit . " 250 [ We would offer as a conjecture the names of Wharton , Bishop Berkeley , Granville ( Lord Lansdowne ) , and Sheffield , Duke of Buckingham . ] 27 Edwin Harley , Earl of Oxford ...
... Virtue hit , By G's goodness , or by S ―― ' s wit . " 250 [ We would offer as a conjecture the names of Wharton , Bishop Berkeley , Granville ( Lord Lansdowne ) , and Sheffield , Duke of Buckingham . ] 27 Edwin Harley , Earl of Oxford ...
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