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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... 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 like a pye . In country - dances ftill I bore the bell , And fung as sweet as ev ...
... 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 like a pye . In country - dances ftill I bore the bell , And fung as sweet as ev ...
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... thefe I made no fcruple to reveal . 270 Oft has he blush'd from ear to ear for shame , 275 That e'er he told a fecret to his dame . It fo befel , in holy time of Lent , That oft a - day I to this goffip went ; ( My husband , thank my ...
... thefe I made no fcruple to reveal . 270 Oft has he blush'd from ear to ear for shame , 275 That e'er he told a fecret to his dame . It fo befel , in holy time of Lent , That oft a - day I to this goffip went ; ( My husband , thank my ...
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... thefe vile tales I found ' ; When fill he read , and laugh'd , and read again , And half the night was thus confum'd in vain ; Provok'd to vengeance , three large leaves I tore , And with one buffet fell'd him on the floor . 416 With ...
... thefe vile tales I found ' ; When fill he read , and laugh'd , and read again , And half the night was thus confum'd in vain ; Provok'd to vengeance , three large leaves I tore , And with one buffet fell'd him on the floor . 416 With ...
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... thefe dreadful accents broke . Ye gods ! that o'er the gloomy regions reign , 81 Where guilty fpirits feel eternal pain ; Thou , fable Styx ! whofe livid ftreams are roll'd Thro ' dreary coafts , which I , tho ' blind , behold ...
... thefe dreadful accents broke . Ye gods ! that o'er the gloomy regions reign , 81 Where guilty fpirits feel eternal pain ; Thou , fable Styx ! whofe livid ftreams are roll'd Thro ' dreary coafts , which I , tho ' blind , behold ...
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... Thefe fons , ye gods ! who with flagitious pride Infult my darkness , and my groans deride . Art thou a father , unregarding Jove ! And fleeps thy thunder in the realms above ? 110 Thou fury , then , fome lasting curfe entail , Which o ...
... Thefe fons , ye gods ! who with flagitious pride Infult my darkness , and my groans deride . Art thou a father , unregarding Jove ! And fleeps thy thunder in the realms above ? 110 Thou fury , then , fome lasting curfe entail , Which o ...
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