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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... town , A trufty goffip , one dame Alifon . Full well the fecrets of my foul fhe knew , Better than e'er our parish - prieft could do . To her I told whatever could befal ; Had but my husband pifs'd against a wall . Or done a thing that ...
... town , A trufty goffip , one dame Alifon . Full well the fecrets of my foul fhe knew , Better than e'er our parish - prieft could do . To her I told whatever could befal ; Had but my husband pifs'd against a wall . Or done a thing that ...
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... towns difpeopled , and the wand'ring ghofts Of kings unbury'd in the wafted coafts ; $ 6 When Dirce's fountain blush'd with Grecian blood , And Thetis , near Ifmenos ' fwelling flood , With dread beheld the rolling furges fweep , In ...
... towns difpeopled , and the wand'ring ghofts Of kings unbury'd in the wafted coafts ; $ 6 When Dirce's fountain blush'd with Grecian blood , And Thetis , near Ifmenos ' fwelling flood , With dread beheld the rolling furges fweep , In ...
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... town defend ; Yet these in filence fee the Fates fulfil 400 406 ' T'heir work , and rev'rence our fuperior will . 410 Creta tuos . me Tantaleis confiftere tectis , Quæ tandem invidia eft ? belli deflecte tumultus , Et generis miferefce ...
... town defend ; Yet these in filence fee the Fates fulfil 400 406 ' T'heir work , and rev'rence our fuperior will . 410 Creta tuos . me Tantaleis confiftere tectis , Quæ tandem invidia eft ? belli deflecte tumultus , Et generis miferefce ...
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... town . If on the fons the parents crimes descend , 820 What prince from those his lineage can defend ? Be this thy comfort , that ' tis thine t'efface With virtuous acts thy ancestor's disgrace , And be thyfelf the honour of thy race ...
... town . If on the fons the parents crimes descend , 820 What prince from those his lineage can defend ? Be this thy comfort , that ' tis thine t'efface With virtuous acts thy ancestor's disgrace , And be thyfelf the honour of thy race ...
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... town , where Thamis rolls his tyde , A narrow pass there is , with houses low ; Where ever and anon the stream is ey'd , And many a boat foft fliding to and fro . There oft are heard the notes of infant - woe , 5 The short thick fob ...
... town , where Thamis rolls his tyde , A narrow pass there is , with houses low ; Where ever and anon the stream is ey'd , And many a boat foft fliding to and fro . There oft are heard the notes of infant - woe , 5 The short thick fob ...
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