Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with a Memoir, Volume 1J.R. Osgood, 1875 |
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Page xxvi
... hair [ by Lord Petre ] was taken too seriously , and caused an estrangement between the two families , though they had lived so long in great friendship before . A common acquaintance , and well - wisher to both , desired me to write a ...
... hair [ by Lord Petre ] was taken too seriously , and caused an estrangement between the two families , though they had lived so long in great friendship before . A common acquaintance , and well - wisher to both , desired me to write a ...
Page 70
... an inviolate preservation of chastity As to the following cantos , all the passages ċ them are as fabulous as the vision at the beginnin or the transformation at the end ( except the lo < 71 of your hair , which I always mention with.
... an inviolate preservation of chastity As to the following cantos , all the passages ċ them are as fabulous as the vision at the beginnin or the transformation at the end ( except the lo < 71 of your hair , which I always mention with.
Page 71
Alexander Pope. 71 of your hair , which I always mention with reve- rence ) . The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones ; and the character of Belinda , as it is now managed , resembles you in nothing but in beauty . If this ...
Alexander Pope. 71 of your hair , which I always mention with reve- rence ) . The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones ; and the character of Belinda , as it is now managed , resembles you in nothing but in beauty . If this ...
Page 78
... hair surprise the finny prey , Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare , ) And beauty draws us with a single hair . Th ' adventurous baron ' the bright locks admir'd He saw , he wish'd , and to the prize aspir'd . Resolv'd to win , he ...
... hair surprise the finny prey , Fair tresses man's imperial race insnare , ) And beauty draws us with a single hair . Th ' adventurous baron ' the bright locks admir'd He saw , he wish'd , and to the prize aspir'd . Resolv'd to win , he ...
Page 80
... the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let th ' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in showers A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs , 80 THE POEMS.
... the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let th ' imprison'd essences exhale ; To draw fresh colours from the vernal flowers ; To steal from rainbows ere they drop in showers A brighter wash ; to curl their waving hairs , 80 THE POEMS.
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