The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... She , Pow'r resistlefs , rules the wife and great ; Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; Haunts the proud City , and the lowly Shade , And sways alike the Sceptre and the Spade . Thus Heav'n in Pity wakes the friendly Flame , To ...
... She , Pow'r resistlefs , rules the wife and great ; Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; Haunts the proud City , and the lowly Shade , And sways alike the Sceptre and the Spade . Thus Heav'n in Pity wakes the friendly Flame , To ...
Page ix
... she cannot cure . The Worthy court her , and the Worthless fear : Who shun her piercing eye , that eye revere . Her awful voice the Vain and Vile obey , And ev'ry foe to Wisdom feels her sway . : 95 . 100 Smarts , Pedants , as she ...
... she cannot cure . The Worthy court her , and the Worthless fear : Who shun her piercing eye , that eye revere . Her awful voice the Vain and Vile obey , And ev'ry foe to Wisdom feels her sway . : 95 . 100 Smarts , Pedants , as she ...
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... she draws a healing dew : 110 Weak are the ties that civil arts can find , To quell the ferment of the tainted mind : Cunning evades , securely wrapt in wiles ; And Force strong - finew'd rends th ' unequal toils : The stream of Vice ...
... she draws a healing dew : 110 Weak are the ties that civil arts can find , To quell the ferment of the tainted mind : Cunning evades , securely wrapt in wiles ; And Force strong - finew'd rends th ' unequal toils : The stream of Vice ...
Page xi
... she draws her quill : Her magic quill , that , like ITHURIEL's spear , 135 Reveals the cloven hoof , or lengthen'd ear : Bids Vice and Folly take their nat'ral shapes , Turns Duchesses to strumpets , Beaux to apes ; Drags the vile Whisp ...
... she draws her quill : Her magic quill , that , like ITHURIEL's spear , 135 Reveals the cloven hoof , or lengthen'd ear : Bids Vice and Folly take their nat'ral shapes , Turns Duchesses to strumpets , Beaux to apes ; Drags the vile Whisp ...
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... she only strikes to heal ; Tho ' folly raves to break the friendly steel . Then fure no fault impartial SATIRE knows , 165 Kind ev'n in Vengeance , kind to Virtue's foes , Whose is the crime , the scandal too be theirs : The Knave and ...
... she only strikes to heal ; Tho ' folly raves to break the friendly steel . Then fure no fault impartial SATIRE knows , 165 Kind ev'n in Vengeance , kind to Virtue's foes , Whose is the crime , the scandal too be theirs : The Knave and ...
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