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... ALEXANDER POPE . FREEDOM IN DRESS . FROM " EPICCENE ; OR , THE SILENT WOMAN , " ACT I. SC . I. STILL to be neat , still to be drest , As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered , still perfumed , Lady , it is to be presumed ...
... ALEXANDER POPE . FREEDOM IN DRESS . FROM " EPICCENE ; OR , THE SILENT WOMAN , " ACT I. SC . I. STILL to be neat , still to be drest , As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered , still perfumed , Lady , it is to be presumed ...
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... ALEXANDER POPE THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE . How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armor is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is ...
... ALEXANDER POPE THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE . How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose armor is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is ...
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... ALEXANDER Pope . CONTRADICTION . FROM " CONVERSATION . ' YE powers who rule the tongue , if such there are , And make colloquial happiness your care , Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate , A duel in the form of a debate . The ...
... ALEXANDER Pope . CONTRADICTION . FROM " CONVERSATION . ' YE powers who rule the tongue , if such there are , And make colloquial happiness your care , Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate , A duel in the form of a debate . The ...
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... ALEXANDER POPE . Go ! if your ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood , Go ! and pretend your family is young , Nor own your fathers have been fools so long . What can ennoble sots , or slaves , or ...
... ALEXANDER POPE . Go ! if your ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood , Go ! and pretend your family is young , Nor own your fathers have been fools so long . What can ennoble sots , or slaves , or ...
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... ALEXANDER POPE . FROM THE WINTER WALK AT NOON : " " THE TASK , " BOOK VI . I WOULD not enter on my list of friends ( Though graced with polished manuers and fine sense , Yet wanting sensibility ) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a ...
... ALEXANDER POPE . FROM THE WINTER WALK AT NOON : " " THE TASK , " BOOK VI . I WOULD not enter on my list of friends ( Though graced with polished manuers and fine sense , Yet wanting sensibility ) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a ...
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