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" Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe... "
La Belle Assemblée - Page 16
1809
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pages
...can I chufe but fmile, When ev'ry Coxcomb knows me by my Style? Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, 285 Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlefs...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...can I chufe but fmile, When ev'ry Coxcomb knows me by my Style? Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, 285 Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlefs...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 4

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 288 pages
...can I chufe but fmile, When ev'ry Coxcomb knows me by my Style? Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, 285 Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlefs...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &c

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...vein of poetry, if made at th» expence of Truth or Innocence. Curft be the verfe, how well fo e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe ; Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the foft-ey'd virgin fteal a tear. (Sentiments, which no efforts...
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An Epistle from William, Lord Russell, to William, Lord Cavendish: Written ...

George Canning - English poetry - 1763 - 120 pages
...blifs to find, 165 " In a free mufe and independent mind, *« To * curfe the verfe how well foe'er it flow, * That tends to make one worthy man my foe, * Give virtue fcandal, innocence a fear, ' Or from the foft-ey'd virgin draw a tear,' 170 " You taught me too, all...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ...

Owen Ruffhead - Biography - 1769 - 600 pages
...vein of poetry, if made at the expence of truth and innocence. " Curft be the verfe, how well foe'cr it flow, " That tends to make one worthy Man my " foe, " Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, " Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a tear." Such a noble generofity and...
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...fuperior far to thine, Let laurel'd Cibber and great Arnal mine. Why Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, agj Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a Tear ! But he who hurts a harmlefs...
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Love and madness, a story too true, in a series of letters between parties ...

sir Herbert Croft (5th bart.) - 1780 - 324 pages
...would heartily fay with Pope, and as well of profe as of verfe, Curft he the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to, make one worthy man my foe; Give virtue fcandal, innocence a fear, Or from the foft-ey'd virgin fteal a tear ! The Publifhers, however, of...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2

Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...Queenfberry would not have fo betrayed her poetical friend Gay. 24. Curs'd be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue fcandal, innocence a fear, Or from the foft-ey'd virgin fteal a tear* ! M. DESPREAUX s'applaudifToit...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1783 - 322 pages
...weep, if Atticus were he ! IBID. p. IS7. CALUMNY AND FALSEHOOD. CURST be the Verfe, how wel} foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin ileal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlefs...
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