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Page 47
Twas then , Belinda , if report say true , Thy eyes first open'd on a billet - doux ; Wounds , charms , and ... to that her eye she rears ; Th ' inferior priestess , at her altar's side , Trembling , begins the sacred rites of pride .
Twas then , Belinda , if report say true , Thy eyes first open'd on a billet - doux ; Wounds , charms , and ... to that her eye she rears ; Th ' inferior priestess , at her altar's side , Trembling , begins the sacred rites of pride .
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To dream once more I close my willing eyes ; Ye soft illusions , dear deceits , arise ! 240 Alas , no more ! methinks we wand'ring go Through dreary wastes , and weep each other's woe , Where round some mould'ring tower pale ivy creeps ...
To dream once more I close my willing eyes ; Ye soft illusions , dear deceits , arise ! 240 Alas , no more ! methinks we wand'ring go Through dreary wastes , and weep each other's woe , Where round some mould'ring tower pale ivy creeps ...
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He would shut his eyes as he walked along the streets , and if he happened to bounce his head against a post , or fall into the kennel ( as he seldom missed either to do one or both ) , he would tell the gibing prentices , who looked on ...
He would shut his eyes as he walked along the streets , and if he happened to bounce his head against a post , or fall into the kennel ( as he seldom missed either to do one or both ) , he would tell the gibing prentices , who looked on ...
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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