The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... black'ning all the Doors , And yet more melancholy Whores : And what a duft in ev'ry place ? And a thin Court that wants your Face , And Fevers raging up and down , And W * and H ** both in Town ! " The dog - days are no more the cafe ...
... black'ning all the Doors , And yet more melancholy Whores : And what a duft in ev'ry place ? And a thin Court that wants your Face , And Fevers raging up and down , And W * and H ** both in Town ! " The dog - days are no more the cafe ...
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... black and even , his eyes hollow yet piercing , his nose inclined to aquiline , his beard neglected and mixed with grey : AH this contributed to fpread a folemn melancholy over his countenance . Pythagoras was not more filent , Pyrrho ...
... black and even , his eyes hollow yet piercing , his nose inclined to aquiline , his beard neglected and mixed with grey : AH this contributed to fpread a folemn melancholy over his countenance . Pythagoras was not more filent , Pyrrho ...
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... black , in the form of let- ters ; and that it was indeed a Paper - kite which had broke its leafh by the impetuofity of the wind . His back was armed with the Art Military , his belly was filled with Phyfic , his wings wese the wings ...
... black , in the form of let- ters ; and that it was indeed a Paper - kite which had broke its leafh by the impetuofity of the wind . His back was armed with the Art Military , his belly was filled with Phyfic , his wings wese the wings ...
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... black Broth ? - " Lacedæmonian black " Broth , thou would't fay ( replied Cornelius ) ; but I 66 cannot allow the surfeit to have been occafioned by " that diet , fince it was recommended by the Divine " Lycurgus . No , Nurfe , thou ...
... black Broth ? - " Lacedæmonian black " Broth , thou would't fay ( replied Cornelius ) ; but I 66 cannot allow the surfeit to have been occafioned by " that diet , fince it was recommended by the Divine " Lycurgus . No , Nurfe , thou ...
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... black , a Butcher ; the Ser- jeant had red Breeches , the Butcher blue ; they fought upon a stage about four o'clock , and the Serjeant wound- ed the Butcher in the leg . " Mark ( quoth Cornelius ) " how the fellow runs through the ...
... black , a Butcher ; the Ser- jeant had red Breeches , the Butcher blue ; they fought upon a stage about four o'clock , and the Serjeant wound- ed the Butcher in the leg . " Mark ( quoth Cornelius ) " how the fellow runs through the ...
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