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... world in early youth they fled , By thee to mountains , wilds , and defarts led ; You rais'd thefe hallow'd walls ; the defart fmil'd , And paradife was open'd in the wild .. * V. 123 . + V. 125 . V. 129 . I " Nihil hic fuper alienum ...
... world in early youth they fled , By thee to mountains , wilds , and defarts led ; You rais'd thefe hallow'd walls ; the defart fmil'd , And paradife was open'd in the wild .. * V. 123 . + V. 125 . V. 129 . I " Nihil hic fuper alienum ...
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Page 40 - Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
Page 225 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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| Pealkiri | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ... 1. köide of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton |
| Autor | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | R. and J. Dodsley, 1762 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 15 nov. 2006 |
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