The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 4: Containing Miscellaneous Pieces in ProseIn the Reign of Queen Anne (which, notwithstanding those happy Times which succeeded, every Englishman may remember) thou may'it possibly, gentle Reader, have seen a certain venerable Person who frequented the outside of the Palace of St Junes's, and who, by the Gravity of his Deportment and Habit, was generally taken for a decay'd Gentleman of Spain. His stature was tall, his visage long, his complexion olive, his brows were black and even, his eyes hollow yet piercing, his nose inclined to aquiline, his beard neglected and mix'd with grey: All this contributed to spread a solemn Melancholy over his countenance. Pythagoras was not more silent, Pyriho more motionless, nor Zeno more austere. His Wig was as black and smooth as the plumes of a Raven, and lions as strait as the hair of a River God rising from the water.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.