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33 ° All I poffefs'd I gave to his command , My goods and chattles , money , house , and land : But oft repented , and repent it ftill ; 334 He prov'd a rebel to my fov'reign will : Nay once , by Heav'n , he ftruck me on the face ...
33 ° All I poffefs'd I gave to his command , My goods and chattles , money , house , and land : But oft repented , and repent it ftill ; 334 He prov'd a rebel to my fov'reign will : Nay once , by Heav'n , he ftruck me on the face ...
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He read , how Arius to his friend complain'd , A fatal tree was growing in his land , On which three wives fucceffively had twin'd 395 A fliding noofe , and waver'd in the wind . Where grows this plant , ( reply'd the friend , ) oh For ...
He read , how Arius to his friend complain'd , A fatal tree was growing in his land , On which three wives fucceffively had twin'd 395 A fliding noofe , and waver'd in the wind . Where grows this plant , ( reply'd the friend , ) oh For ...
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... life : I took to heart the merits of the cause , And stood content to rule by wholefome laws ; 430 Receiv'd the reins of abfolute command , With all the government of house and land , And empire o'er his tongue , and o'er his hand .
... life : I took to heart the merits of the cause , And stood content to rule by wholefome laws ; 430 Receiv'd the reins of abfolute command , With all the government of house and land , And empire o'er his tongue , and o'er his hand .
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These now control a wretched people's fate , These can divide , and these reverse the state : 240 Ev'n Fortune rules no more : --O fervile land , Where exil'd tyrants ftill by turns command ! Et nufquam par ftare caput ?
These now control a wretched people's fate , These can divide , and these reverse the state : 240 Ev'n Fortune rules no more : --O fervile land , Where exil'd tyrants ftill by turns command ! Et nufquam par ftare caput ?
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Lo hapless Tydeus , whofe ill - fated hand Had flain his brother , leaves his native land , And , feiz'd with horror , in the fhades of night , Thro ' the thick deferts headlong urg'd his flight : Now by the fury of the tempeft driv'n ...
Lo hapless Tydeus , whofe ill - fated hand Had flain his brother , leaves his native land , And , feiz'd with horror , in the fhades of night , Thro ' the thick deferts headlong urg'd his flight : Now by the fury of the tempeft driv'n ...
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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 | Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 19 juuni 2014 |
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