The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, 2. köideW. Cavil, T. Martin, T. French, and J. Wren., 1795 |
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Page 13
... some with fwords their fleeping lords have flain , And fome have hammer'd nails into their brain , And fome have drench'd them with a deadly potion ; All this he read , and read with great devotion . Long time I heard , and fwell'd ...
... some with fwords their fleeping lords have flain , And fome have hammer'd nails into their brain , And fome have drench'd them with a deadly potion ; All this he read , and read with great devotion . Long time I heard , and fwell'd ...
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... some lasting curse entail , 1157 Which o'er their childrens children shall prevail : Place on their heads that crown diftain'd with gore , Which thefe dire hands from my flain father tore ; Go , and a parent's heavy curses bear ; Break ...
... some lasting curse entail , 1157 Which o'er their childrens children shall prevail : Place on their heads that crown diftain'd with gore , Which thefe dire hands from my flain father tore ; Go , and a parent's heavy curses bear ; Break ...
Page 57
... Some few like him , infpir'd with martial flame , Thought a fhort life well loft for endless fame . Thefe , where two ways in equal parts divide , The direful monster from afar descry'd ; Two bleeding babes depending at her fide ; 720 ...
... Some few like him , infpir'd with martial flame , Thought a fhort life well loft for endless fame . Thefe , where two ways in equal parts divide , The direful monster from afar descry'd ; Two bleeding babes depending at her fide ; 720 ...
Page 58
... Some with vaft beams the fqualid corpfe engage , And weary all the wild efforts of rage . The birds obfcene , that nightly flock'd to taste , With hollow ftretches fled the dire repaft ; And rav'nous dogs , allur'd by fcented blood ...
... Some with vaft beams the fqualid corpfe engage , And weary all the wild efforts of rage . The birds obfcene , that nightly flock'd to taste , With hollow ftretches fled the dire repaft ; And rav'nous dogs , allur'd by fcented blood ...
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... Some play , fome eat , fome cack against the wall , And as they crouchen low , for bread and butter call , II . And on the broken pavement , here and there , 10 Doth many a ftinking fprat and herring lie ; A brandy and tobacco shop is ...
... Some play , fome eat , fome cack against the wall , And as they crouchen low , for bread and butter call , II . And on the broken pavement , here and there , 10 Doth many a ftinking fprat and herring lie ; A brandy and tobacco shop is ...
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