The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, 2. köide |
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21 Paul , knowing one could never ferve our turn , Declar'd ' twas better far to wed than burn . There's danger in affembling fire and tow ; I grant ' em that , and what it means you know . The fame apoftle too has elsewhere own'd ...
21 Paul , knowing one could never ferve our turn , Declar'd ' twas better far to wed than burn . There's danger in affembling fire and tow ; I grant ' em that , and what it means you know . The fame apoftle too has elsewhere own'd ...
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For never was it giv'n to mortal man , To lie fo boldly as we women can : Forfwear the fact , though feen with both his eyes , And call your maids to witness how he lies .
For never was it giv'n to mortal man , To lie fo boldly as we women can : Forfwear the fact , though feen with both his eyes , And call your maids to witness how he lies .
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295 We straight struck hands , the bargain was agreed ; I ftill have shifts against a time of need : The mouse that always trufts to one poor hole , Can never be a mouse of any foul . 299 I vow'd , I fcarce could fleep fince first I ...
295 We straight struck hands , the bargain was agreed ; I ftill have shifts against a time of need : The mouse that always trufts to one poor hole , Can never be a mouse of any foul . 299 I vow'd , I fcarce could fleep fince first I ...
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Where grows this plant , ( reply'd the friend , ) oh For better fruit did never orchard bear . [ where ? Give me fome flip of this moft blissful tree , And in my garden planted shall it be . 400 Then how two wives their lord's ...
Where grows this plant , ( reply'd the friend , ) oh For better fruit did never orchard bear . [ where ? Give me fome flip of this moft blissful tree , And in my garden planted shall it be . 400 Then how two wives their lord's ...
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To diftant lands Vertumnus never roves ; Like you , contented with his native groves ; Nor at firft fight , like most , admires the fair ; For you he lives ; and you alone shall share His last affection , as his early care .
To diftant lands Vertumnus never roves ; Like you , contented with his native groves ; Nor at firft fight , like most , admires the fair ; For you he lives ; and you alone shall share His last affection , as his early care .
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