The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author ... |
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I would have some of them to know , it was owing to the request of the learned
and candid friend to whom it is inscribed , that I make not as free use of theirs as
they have done of mine . However , I shall have this advan . tage and honour on
my ...
I would have some of them to know , it was owing to the request of the learned
and candid friend to whom it is inscribed , that I make not as free use of theirs as
they have done of mine . However , I shall have this advan . tage and honour on
my ...
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Timorous by nature , of the rich in awe , I come to counsel learned in the law :
You ' ll give me , like a friend , both sage and free , Advice : and ( as you use )
without a fee . F. I'd write no more . P. Not write ? but then I think , And for my soul
I ...
Timorous by nature , of the rich in awe , I come to counsel learned in the law :
You ' ll give me , like a friend , both sage and free , Advice : and ( as you use )
without a fee . F. I'd write no more . P. Not write ? but then I think , And for my soul
I ...
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Then , learned sir ! ( to cut the matter short ) Whate'er my fate , or well or ill at
court ; Whether old age , with faint but cheerful ray , Attends to gild the evening of
my day , Or Death's black wing already be display'd , To wrap me in the universal
...
Then , learned sir ! ( to cut the matter short ) Whate'er my fate , or well or ill at
court ; Whether old age , with faint but cheerful ray , Attends to gild the evening of
my day , Or Death's black wing already be display'd , To wrap me in the universal
...
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This is my plea , on this I rest my cause What saith my counsel , learned in the
laws ? F. Your plea is good ; but still I say , beware ! Laws are explain'd by men -
so have a care It stands on record , that in Richard's times A man was hang'd for ...
This is my plea , on this I rest my cause What saith my counsel , learned in the
laws ? F. Your plea is good ; but still I say , beware ! Laws are explain'd by men -
so have a care It stands on record , that in Richard's times A man was hang'd for ...
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Go then , and if you can , admire the state Of beaming diamonds , and reflected
plate ; procure a taste to double the surprise , And gaze on Parian charms with
learned eyes . 3e struck with bright brocade , or Tyrian dye , Or birth - day nobles
...
Go then , and if you can , admire the state Of beaming diamonds , and reflected
plate ; procure a taste to double the surprise , And gaze on Parian charms with
learned eyes . 3e struck with bright brocade , or Tyrian dye , Or birth - day nobles
...
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Страница 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? A dire dilemma! either way I'm sped, If foes, they write, — if friends, they read me dead.
Страница 280 - Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give law to words, or war with words alone, Senates and courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway.
Страница 14 - What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P.