The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... body feem'd but too much to require it .. His lodging was in a fraall chamber up four pair of ftairs , where he regularly payed for what he had when he eat or drank ; and he was often obferved wholly to abftain from both . He declined ...
... body feem'd but too much to require it .. His lodging was in a fraall chamber up four pair of ftairs , where he regularly payed for what he had when he eat or drank ; and he was often obferved wholly to abftain from both . He declined ...
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... body exhausted by the labours of the mind . I " have found in Dame Nature not indeed an un- " kind , but a very coy Miftrefs : Watchful nights , " anxious days , flender meals , and endless labours , " must be the lot of all who purfue ...
... body exhausted by the labours of the mind . I " have found in Dame Nature not indeed an un- " kind , but a very coy Miftrefs : Watchful nights , " anxious days , flender meals , and endless labours , " must be the lot of all who purfue ...
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... body , two little difpropor- tioned wings , a prodigious tail , but no head . its colour was white , he took it at first fight for a Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Poet : but on a nearer view , he perceived it to be ...
... body , two little difpropor- tioned wings , a prodigious tail , but no head . its colour was white , he took it at first fight for a Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Poet : but on a nearer view , he perceived it to be ...
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... body , would be amply recompenfed by the improvements of his underftanding . But from thenceforth he infifted every day upon a parti cular Diet to be obferved by the Nurfe ; under which having been long uneafy , the at laft parted from ...
... body , would be amply recompenfed by the improvements of his underftanding . But from thenceforth he infifted every day upon a parti cular Diet to be obferved by the Nurfe ; under which having been long uneafy , the at laft parted from ...
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... body at the expence of those of his mind . I am indeed disappointed in most of my " projects , and fear I muft fit down at last con- tented with fuch methods of Education as mo- dern barbarity affords . Happy had it been for " us all ...
... body at the expence of those of his mind . I am indeed disappointed in most of my " projects , and fear I muft fit down at last con- tented with fuch methods of Education as mo- dern barbarity affords . Happy had it been for " us all ...
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Página 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
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Página 45 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.