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... beauty , morality , and grace of Pope , we may wisely forget that he ever wrote an unworthy line . It is not the purpose of this rapid sketch to more than allude to subsequent writers . Our own age has produced individuals , whose ...
... beauty , morality , and grace of Pope , we may wisely forget that he ever wrote an unworthy line . It is not the purpose of this rapid sketch to more than allude to subsequent writers . Our own age has produced individuals , whose ...
Page 67
... blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou'rt old , and rich . Thou hast neither heat , affection , limb , nor beauty , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that 5 8 HAKESPEARE . 49.
... blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou'rt old , and rich . Thou hast neither heat , affection , limb , nor beauty , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that 5 8 HAKESPEARE . 49.
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... beauty's praise above The sea - nymphs , and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended , Thee bright haired Vesta long of yore To solitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she , ( in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a ...
... beauty's praise above The sea - nymphs , and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended , Thee bright haired Vesta long of yore To solitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she , ( in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a ...
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