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" Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void... "
The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself ... - Page 298
by Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 75-76

John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...Thames. 4 Fair nymphs, and well dress'd youths around hershone, But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as unfix'd as those ; I* Favours...
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The Rape of the Lock,: An Heroi-comical Poem,

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 146 pages
...Thames. Fair nymphs, and well-dress'd youths around her shone, But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as unfix'd as those : Favours to...
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History of John Bull. Essays. Poetry

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pages
...plain The Sun first rises o'er the purple main, Than issuing forth, the rival of his beams O ' Launch'd on the bosom of the silver Thames. She is dressed...a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, aid infidels adore. Next he represents her as the universal church, according to the boasts of the...
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The rape of the lock, an heroi-comical poem. Adorned with plates

Alexander Pope - 1801 - 140 pages
...Thames. Fair nymphs, and well dress'd youths, around her shone, But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as unfix'd as those: Favours to...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pages
...which Druids might adore"— The last word naturally reminds the editor of this couplet in Pope; " On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore."— What can be more easy or more useless than such criticism ?— The admirers of Thomson will scarcely...
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Select British Classics, Volume 28

1803 - 214 pages
...secured the necks of our ladies from this superstition, by the introduction of the ruff. * Upon her breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore. Rafc 'ftbe Loci. The next part of our dress that I shall mention, which savours of popery, is the capuchin....
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...Thames. 4 Fairnymphs and well-dress'd youths aroundher shone; But ev'ry eye was fix'd on her alone. On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore. Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes, and as unfix'd as those : 10 Favours...
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A picture from life: or, The history of Emma Tankerville and sir ..., Volume 1

Henry Whitfield - 1804 - 510 pages
...hung from her neck of purest alabaster, and /hading the fine cambric, formed an elegant contrast, and On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and Infidels adore. Lovely Emma, in whatever dress art supplied, thou wert sure of pleasing. Immortal shalt thou be, if...
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Poésie, versification [etc

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...essor pour monter à la seconde. J'ajouterai que l'une promet la saillie , l'autre la donne : » • On her white breast | a sparkling cross she wore "Which jews might kiss [ and infidels adore , Her lively looks | a sprightly mind disclose Quick as her eyes | and as unfix'd as those : Faveurs...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 pages
...Lock, Mr. Pope has, with exquisite propriety, suited the construction of the verse to the subject. ' On her white breast | a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss | and Infidels adore ; Her lively looks | a sprightly mind disclose, Quick as her eyes | and as unfix'd as those. Favours...
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