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Page 61
... mean Descent . I find , I find my mounting Spirits Bold , And David's Part disdains my Mothers Mold . Why am I Scanted ... means Achitophel is ready to offer . Thus the ideal of love becomes the idea of rape : And who can sound the depth ...
... mean Descent . I find , I find my mounting Spirits Bold , And David's Part disdains my Mothers Mold . Why am I Scanted ... means Achitophel is ready to offer . Thus the ideal of love becomes the idea of rape : And who can sound the depth ...
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... means he then , to Alienate the Crown ? The name of Godly he may blush to bear : ' Tis after God's own heart to Cheat his Heir . He to his Brother gives Supreme Command ; To you a Legacy of Barren Land : Perhaps th❜old Harp , on which ...
... means he then , to Alienate the Crown ? The name of Godly he may blush to bear : ' Tis after God's own heart to Cheat his Heir . He to his Brother gives Supreme Command ; To you a Legacy of Barren Land : Perhaps th❜old Harp , on which ...
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... means of presenting it . This was a serious error of judgement because if there were to be any value in his idea of order it had to be apparent in the means of presenting it . Whatever was true for Pope himself , as far as posterity is ...
... means of presenting it . This was a serious error of judgement because if there were to be any value in his idea of order it had to be apparent in the means of presenting it . Whatever was true for Pope himself , as far as posterity is ...
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Note on Texts page | 7 |
An Essay on Man | 175 |
The Dunciad | 198 |
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