The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 9J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... in my arms and heart ; she , I say , upon this condition , may remain under the cedars of Asia , and weave a garland of palms for the brows of a Turkish tyrant , with those hands which I had destined for the soft 46 LETTERS TO AND FROM.
... in my arms and heart ; she , I say , upon this condition , may remain under the cedars of Asia , and weave a garland of palms for the brows of a Turkish tyrant , with those hands which I had destined for the soft 46 LETTERS TO AND FROM.
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... hands which I had destined for the soft offices of love , or at worst for transcribing amorous madrigals : let that breast , I say , be now joined to some savage heart , that never beat with lust or rage ; that breast , inhabited by far ...
... hands which I had destined for the soft offices of love , or at worst for transcribing amorous madrigals : let that breast , I say , be now joined to some savage heart , that never beat with lust or rage ; that breast , inhabited by far ...
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... hands : if it does , what can you infer from it , but what I am half afraid and half willing you should know , - how very much I was yours , how unfortunately well I knew you , and with what a miserable con- stancy I shall ever remember ...
... hands : if it does , what can you infer from it , but what I am half afraid and half willing you should know , - how very much I was yours , how unfortunately well I knew you , and with what a miserable con- stancy I shall ever remember ...
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... hands . It is true , the emperor has some of great value . I was yesterday to see the repository , which they call his treasure , where they seem to have been more diligent in amassing a great quantity of things , than in the choice of ...
... hands . It is true , the emperor has some of great value . I was yesterday to see the repository , which they call his treasure , where they seem to have been more diligent in amassing a great quantity of things , than in the choice of ...
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... hand follows slowly and imper- fectly , indeed unjustly , because discreetly and re- servedly . When you told me there was no way left for our correspondence , but by merchant ships , I watched ever since for any that set out , and this ...
... hand follows slowly and imper- fectly , indeed unjustly , because discreetly and re- servedly . When you told me there was no way left for our correspondence , but by merchant ships , I watched ever since for any that set out , and this ...
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acquaintance Adieu admire agreeable amusements assure Atterbury Basha beauty Belgrade believe BISHOP OF ROCHESTER Bowles compliment Congreve Constantinople Countess of Tripoly DEAR SIR death desire Duchess of Buckingham Duke entertain epitaph esteem expect eyes faithful fancy favour fear friendship garden give Gorboduc happy hear heart heartily hither Homer honour hope Hungary imagine Janissaries kind LADY MARY WORTLEY Lady Scudamore least less letter live look Lord Bathurst Lord Digby Madam manner Mary Digby MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU melancholy mind nature never obliged occasion opinion pass pleased pleasure poet poetry Pope Pope's reason received ROBERT DIGBY Sarah Drew scene sent servant Sherborne shew sincere soon soul spirit sure Tadlow talk taste tell thing thought tion told town Twickenham Twitenham verses virtue Warburton Warton wish word writ write
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