The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 4. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, and others, 1776 |
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... Pleasure , " Direct my Plow to find a Treasure : " But only what my Station fits , 1 • And to be kept in my right wits , Preferve , Almighty Providence ! Juft what you gave me , Competence : And let me in these shades compofe ...
... Pleasure , " Direct my Plow to find a Treasure : " But only what my Station fits , 1 • And to be kept in my right wits , Preferve , Almighty Providence ! Juft what you gave me , Competence : And let me in these shades compofe ...
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... pleasure is a vice , but not your pride ; By Nature yielding , stubborn but for fame ; Made Slaves by honour , and made fools by Shame . Marriage may all thofe petty Tyrants chafe , 35 But fets up one , a greater in their place : Well ...
... pleasure is a vice , but not your pride ; By Nature yielding , stubborn but for fame ; Made Slaves by honour , and made fools by Shame . Marriage may all thofe petty Tyrants chafe , 35 But fets up one , a greater in their place : Well ...
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... pleasure , and at ev'ning torn ; This binds in ties more easy , yet more ftrong , The willing heart , and only holds it long . Thus * Voiture's early care ftill fhone the fame , And Monthaufier was only chang'd in name ; 65 70 By this ...
... pleasure , and at ev'ning torn ; This binds in ties more easy , yet more ftrong , The willing heart , and only holds it long . Thus * Voiture's early care ftill fhone the fame , And Monthaufier was only chang'd in name ; 65 70 By this ...
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... pleasures caus'd her discontent , She figh'd not that they stay'd , but that she went . She went to plain - work , and to purling brooks , Old - fashion'd halls , dull Aunts , and croaking rooks : She went from Op'ra , Park , Affembly ...
... pleasures caus'd her discontent , She figh'd not that they stay'd , but that she went . She went to plain - work , and to purling brooks , Old - fashion'd halls , dull Aunts , and croaking rooks : She went from Op'ra , Park , Affembly ...
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... pleasure , and the Lofer's pain : In bright Confufion open Rouleaus lie , They ftrike the Soul , and glitter in the Eye . Fir'd by the fight , all reason I disdain ; My Paffions rife , and will not bear the rein , Look upon Baffet , you ...
... pleasure , and the Lofer's pain : In bright Confufion open Rouleaus lie , They ftrike the Soul , and glitter in the Eye . Fir'd by the fight , all reason I disdain ; My Paffions rife , and will not bear the rein , Look upon Baffet , you ...
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