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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Page 12
... Thofe play the scholars who can't play the men , And ufe that weapon which they have , their pen ; When old , and paft the relifh of delight , Then down they fit , and in their dotage write , That not one woman keeps her marriage - vow ...
... Thofe play the scholars who can't play the men , And ufe that weapon which they have , their pen ; When old , and paft the relifh of delight , Then down they fit , and in their dotage write , That not one woman keeps her marriage - vow ...
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... Thofe empty orbs from whence he tore his eyes , Whofe wounds , yet fresh , with bloody hands he ftrook , 75 While from his breaft thefe dreadful accents broke . Ye gods ! that o'er the gloomy regions reign , 81 Where guilty fpirits feel ...
... Thofe empty orbs from whence he tore his eyes , Whofe wounds , yet fresh , with bloody hands he ftrook , 75 While from his breaft thefe dreadful accents broke . Ye gods ! that o'er the gloomy regions reign , 81 Where guilty fpirits feel ...
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... thofe horrid joys renew'd ; Then felf - condemn'd to fhades of endless night , Forc'd from these orbs the bleeding balls of fight : Oh hear , and aid the vengeance I require , If worthy thee , and what thou might'st inspire ! My fons ...
... thofe horrid joys renew'd ; Then felf - condemn'd to fhades of endless night , Forc'd from these orbs the bleeding balls of fight : Oh hear , and aid the vengeance I require , If worthy thee , and what thou might'st inspire ! My fons ...
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... thofe realms fuffice , Were all those realms the guilty victor's prize ! But Fortune now ( the lots of empire thrown ) Decrees to proud Eteocles the crown : 219 What joys , oh tyrant ! fwell'd thy foul that day , When all were flaves ...
... thofe realms fuffice , Were all those realms the guilty victor's prize ! But Fortune now ( the lots of empire thrown ) Decrees to proud Eteocles the crown : 219 What joys , oh tyrant ! fwell'd thy foul that day , When all were flaves ...
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... thofe who groan beneath the sway Of kings impos'd , and grudgingly obey , ( Whom envy to the great , and vulgar fpite , With fcandal arm'd , th ' ignoble mind's delight ) , Exclaim'd --- O Thebes ! for thee what fates remain , What woes ...
... thofe who groan beneath the sway Of kings impos'd , and grudgingly obey , ( Whom envy to the great , and vulgar fpite , With fcandal arm'd , th ' ignoble mind's delight ) , Exclaim'd --- O Thebes ! for thee what fates remain , What woes ...
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