...forsooth, To me and to my rival kind, Courts him, courts me, and jilts us both. A REASONABLE WOMAN!! I Know the thing that's most uncommon: Envy, be silent,...attend ! I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yel a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour, Not crave tlirouah ;iridc, nor gay throngh folly,...

...her silent mate, fee the bird of Jono stooping ; Melody resigns to Fate. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COVRT. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon ; (Envy, be silent and attend !) 1 know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour:...

...warrant be. For ne'er heard I of woman, good or ill, But always dearly lov'd her oim rweet Will. CXLI. I know the thing that's most uncommon : Envy, be silent, and attend ! 1 know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Not warp'd by passion, aw'd by rumour,...

...madam, see the arts o'erthrown Between John Overton and you ! ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. BY MR POPE. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon, (Envy be silent,...rumour, Not grave thro' pride, or gay thro' folly ; " Has she no faults, then (Envy says) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires...

...madam, see the arts o'erthrown Between John Overton and you! ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. BY MR POPE. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon, (Envy be silent,...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. *' Has she no faults, then (Envy say's) Sir ?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires...

...Philomela, drooping, Softly seeks her silent mate; See the bird of Juno stooping; Melody resigns to fate. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's...Handsome and witty, yet a friend : Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour, An equal mixture of good humour, And sensible soft melancholy. Not grave through pride,...

...odes had been just published ; and the last lines seemed to refer to a particular passage in them. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's...reasonable Woman, Handsome and witty, yet a Friend. Nor warp'd by Passion, aw'd by Rumour, Not grave through Pride, or gay through Folly, An equal Mixture...

...Philomela, drooping, Softly seeks her silent mate; See the bird of Juno stooping; Melody resigns to fate. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's...reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend : Notwarp'd by passion, awed by rumour, Not grave through pride, nor gay through folly; An equal mixture...

...odes had been just published ; and the last lines seemed to refer to a particular passage in them. ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's...reasonable Woman, Handsome and witty, yet a Friend. Nor warp'd by Passion, aw'd by Rumour, Not grave through Pride, or gay through Folly, An equal Mixture...

...exclusively significant of the ideas which I wish to convey.* " I know a thing that's most uncommon, 11 (Envy, be silent and attend) " I know a reasonable woman, " Handsome and witty, ye*, a friend." Of this reaionable miman, we miy venture to conjecture, with some confidence that she...