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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... fome infer , whofe confcience is too nice , No pious Chriftian ought to marry twice . But let them read , and folve me , if they can , The words addrefs'd to the Samaritan : Five times in lawful wedlock she was join'd ; 15 And fure the ...
... fome infer , whofe confcience is too nice , No pious Chriftian ought to marry twice . But let them read , and folve me , if they can , The words addrefs'd to the Samaritan : Five times in lawful wedlock she was join'd ; 15 And fure the ...
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... fome fool - gallant procures , Or elfe the dances with becoming grace , Or fhape excufes the defects of face . There fwims no goofe fo gray , but foon or late She finds fome honeft gander for her mate . 95 101 Horfes ( thou fay'it ) and ...
... fome fool - gallant procures , Or elfe the dances with becoming grace , Or fhape excufes the defects of face . There fwims no goofe fo gray , but foon or late She finds fome honeft gander for her mate . 95 101 Horfes ( thou fay'it ) and ...
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... fome grave fentence out of Holy Writ . Oft would he fay , Who builds his houfe on fands , Pricks his blind horse across the fallow lands ; Or lets his wife abroad with pilgrims roam , Deferves a fool's - cap and long ears at home . All ...
... fome grave fentence out of Holy Writ . Oft would he fay , Who builds his houfe on fands , Pricks his blind horse across the fallow lands ; Or lets his wife abroad with pilgrims roam , Deferves a fool's - cap and long ears at home . All ...
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... fome 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 ...
... fome 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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... choice of this piece , which was made almoft in his childhood . But finding the verfion better than be expected , he gave it fome correction a few years afterwards . THE F THE THEBAIS OF STATIUS . BOOK THE FIRST . [ 16 ]
... choice of this piece , which was made almoft in his childhood . But finding the verfion better than be expected , he gave it fome correction a few years afterwards . THE F THE THEBAIS OF STATIUS . BOOK THE FIRST . [ 16 ]
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