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" This day, black Omens threat the brightest Fair, That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China... "
Common Courtesy in Eighteenth-century English Literature - Page 45
by William Bowman Piper - 1997 - 200 pages
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the Nymph shall break Diana's law, 105 Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain...Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall. Haste then, ye spirits! to your charge repair: 111 The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's care ; The drops...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...change a flounce or add a furhelow. 104 Or stain her honour, or her new hrocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade, Or lose her heart or necklace at a hall ; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall Haste then, yt' spirits ! to your charge repair;...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the ...

Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...slight ; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doom'd...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric

George Campbell - English language - 1849 - 472 pages
...exquisite performance. " Whether the nymph ehall break Diana's law, Or some frail china jar receives a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade , Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doom'd...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1851 - 628 pages
...slight ; But what, or where, the Fates have wrapp'd in night Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail china jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new hrocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade , Or lose her heart or necklace at a hall ; Or whether...
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...some frail china-jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honor, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, e might find The serpent : him fast sleeping soon he found In labyrinth of m Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall. Haste then, ye spirits ! to your charge repair : The fluttering...
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Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and ...

Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...some frail china-jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace at a ball ; Or whether heaven has doom'd that Shock must foil. Haste then, ye spirits ! to your charge repair : The fluttering...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 pages
...Fates have wrapp'd in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, 105 Or some frail china-jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doom'd...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 1

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce - 1854 - 352 pages
...slight ; But what, or where, the fates have wrapp'd in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail china jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade ; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether heaven has doom'd...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Literary Criticism - 1855 - 498 pages
...some frail ciiina jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honor, or her new brocade : Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball ; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock munt fall. Rape of the Lock, Canto ii. 101. One speaks the glory of the...
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