The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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Page xvi
... rest . She died at the age of 93 , in 1733 , affectionately mourned in death as she had been tenderly cherished through- out his life by her son . On a monument which he erected to her he recorded her character as that of the best of ...
... rest . She died at the age of 93 , in 1733 , affectionately mourned in death as she had been tenderly cherished through- out his life by her son . On a monument which he erected to her he recorded her character as that of the best of ...
Page xxxv
... rest doubly content , like Sir Robert Walpole , at having condemned the scheme from the outset and after- wards sold out at the highest price ' . But he had no reason to lament for himself the effects of a catastrophe which brought ruin ...
... rest doubly content , like Sir Robert Walpole , at having condemned the scheme from the outset and after- wards sold out at the highest price ' . But he had no reason to lament for himself the effects of a catastrophe which brought ruin ...
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... rest ; so on the other , the world has no title to demand , that the whole care and time of any particular person should be sacrificed to its entertainment . Therefore I cannot but believe that writers and readers are under equal ...
... rest ; so on the other , the world has no title to demand , that the whole care and time of any particular person should be sacrificed to its entertainment . Therefore I cannot but believe that writers and readers are under equal ...
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... rest of the world in general is too well bred to shock them with a truth , which generally their Booksellers are the first that inform them of . This happens not till they have spent too much of their time , to apply to any profession ...
... rest of the world in general is too well bred to shock them with a truth , which generally their Booksellers are the first that inform them of . This happens not till they have spent too much of their time , to apply to any profession ...
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... rest removes , The Thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But , charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all th ' aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks shook off the nightly dews , Two Swains , whom Love ...
... rest removes , The Thrush may chant to the forsaken groves , But , charm'd to silence , listens while she sings , And all th ' aërial audience clap their wings . Soon as the flocks shook off the nightly dews , Two Swains , whom Love ...
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