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... no end of these vile tales I found ; When still he read , and laugh'd , and read again , And half the night was thus consum'd in vain ; Provok'd to vengeance , three large leaves I tore , And with one buffet felld him on the floor .
... no end of these vile tales I found ; When still he read , and laugh'd , and read again , And half the night was thus consum'd in vain ; Provok'd to vengeance , three large leaves I tore , And with one buffet felld him on the floor .
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Not half so swiftly shoots along in air , The gliding lightning , or descending star . Thro crouds of airy shades she wing'd her flight , And dark dominions of the filent night ; 131 Swift as she pass'd , the flitting ghosts withdrew ...
Not half so swiftly shoots along in air , The gliding lightning , or descending star . Thro crouds of airy shades she wing'd her flight , And dark dominions of the filent night ; 131 Swift as she pass'd , the flitting ghosts withdrew ...
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The bard whom pilfer'd paftorals renown , Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown , 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines ayear ...
The bard whom pilfer'd paftorals renown , Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown , 180 Just writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines ayear ...
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The translation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recommended it to the public , and joined with the Tories in pushing the subscription ; but at the same time advised Mr Pope not be content with the applaute of one half of the nation ...
The translation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recommended it to the public , and joined with the Tories in pushing the subscription ; but at the same time advised Mr Pope not be content with the applaute of one half of the nation ...
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Half froth , ] Allading to those frothy excretions called by the people Toru spits , seen in summer - time hanging upon plants , alid emitted by young insects which lie hid in the midst of them , for their preservation , while in their ...
Half froth , ] Allading to those frothy excretions called by the people Toru spits , seen in summer - time hanging upon plants , alid emitted by young insects which lie hid in the midst of them , for their preservation , while in their ...
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| Pealkiri | The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, 2. köide The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, Alexander Pope |
| Autor | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | W. Cavil, T. Martin, T. French, and J. Wren., 1795 |
| Original from | California Ülikool |
| Digitized | 21 jaan. 2014 |
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