New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the …

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New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try. ✨ Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq, p.340
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Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease! ✨ Alexander Pope, Pat Rogers (2008). The Major Works, p.118, … ▶
Hope springs eternal. ✨ An Essay on Man Epistle 1, l. 95 (1733)
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