The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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... look ridiculous ) to think how the poor monster and mummy were dashed at their reception , and , when the cry was loudest , 1 thought that , if the thing had been written by another , I should have deemed the town in some measure mis ...
... look ridiculous ) to think how the poor monster and mummy were dashed at their reception , and , when the cry was loudest , 1 thought that , if the thing had been written by another , I should have deemed the town in some measure mis ...
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... look green in song ; These , were my breast inspired with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like ...
... look green in song ; These , were my breast inspired with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos - like ...
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... looks unmoved , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining volumes roll'd , The ...
... looks unmoved , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed . Our plenteous streams a various race supply , The bright - eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye , The silver eel , in shining volumes roll'd , The ...
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... looks on Heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such was the life great Scipio once admired , Thus Atticus , and ...
... looks on Heaven with more than mortal eyes , Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies , Amid her kindred stars familiar roam , Survey the region , and confess her home ! Such was the life great Scipio once admired , Thus Atticus , and ...
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... look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgment in their mind : Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced ...
... look more closely , we shall find Most have the seeds of judgment in their mind : Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced ...
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