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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 52
Page 3
... Lord ! how you fwell , and rage like any fiend ! But you reel home , a drunken beaftly bear , Then preach till midnight in your eafy chair ; Cry , wives are falfe , and ev'ry woman evil , And give up all that's female to the devil , 80 ...
... Lord ! how you fwell , and rage like any fiend ! But you reel home , a drunken beaftly bear , Then preach till midnight in your eafy chair ; Cry , wives are falfe , and ev'ry woman evil , And give up all that's female to the devil , 80 ...
Page 5
... Lord ! when you have enough , what need you care How merrily foever others fare ? Tho ' all the day I give and take delight , Doubt not , fufficient will be left at night . ' Tis but a just and rational defire , To light a taper at a ...
... Lord ! when you have enough , what need you care How merrily foever others fare ? Tho ' all the day I give and take delight , Doubt not , fufficient will be left at night . ' Tis but a just and rational defire , To light a taper at a ...
Page 7
... lords I pafs'd my A very woman , and a very wife . life ; 206 210 What fums from thefe old fpoufes I could raise , Procur'd young husbands in my riper days . Though past my bloom , not yet decay'd was I , Wanton and wild , and chatter'd ...
... lords I pafs'd my A very woman , and a very wife . life ; 206 210 What fums from thefe old fpoufes I could raise , Procur'd young husbands in my riper days . Though past my bloom , not yet decay'd was I , Wanton and wild , and chatter'd ...
Page 8
... lord , the last and best , ( Kind heav'n afford him everlasting reft ; ) Full hearty was his love , and I can fhew The tokens on my ribs in black and blue ; 245 250 255 Yet Yet , with a knack , my heart he could 8 THE WIFE OF BATH .
... lord , the last and best , ( Kind heav'n afford him everlasting reft ; ) Full hearty was his love , and I can fhew The tokens on my ribs in black and blue ; 245 250 255 Yet Yet , with a knack , my heart he could 8 THE WIFE OF BATH .
Page 10
... Lord to take my fpoufe at laft . I tore my gown , I foil'd my locks with duft , And beat my breasts , as wretched widows --- muft . Before my face my handkerchief I spread , To hide the flood of tears I did not shed . The good man's ...
... Lord to take my fpoufe at laft . I tore my gown , I foil'd my locks with duft , And beat my breasts , as wretched widows --- muft . Before my face my handkerchief I spread , To hide the flood of tears I did not shed . The good man's ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt Aonia Argos atque befide beſt breaſt cauſe court defire divine Dunciad eaſe Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fame fate fatire fcorn fecret feem feen feven fhall fhould fibi fide fince fing firſt flain fome fong fool foul ftate ftill fuch fuit fure hæc Heav'n himſelf Hippomedon honour houſe ignes Jove juft kings laft laſt lefs Lord lov'd ludicra mihi minifter moſt Mufe muft muſt neque nihil NOTES nunc o'er paſs Pindar pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet poft Polynices Pope pow'r praiſe quæ Quam quid quis quod rage reft rhyme rife Satire ſhade ſhall Southcot ſpread ſtate ſtill tamen Thebes thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tibi Twas Tydeus ultro uſe verfe verſe Vertumnus virtue Whig whofe whoſe wife worfe write