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" Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. "
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1900
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Mentoria, Or, The Young Ladies Instructor: In Familiar Conversations on ...

Ann Murry - 1778 - 246 pages
...word, is applicable to my prefent purpofe. But where th' extreme of cold was ne'er agreed, Afk where's the North ? At York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland at the Orcades, and there At Greenland, Zembia, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the firft...
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 392 pages
...We firft endure, then pity, then embrace. 220 But where th' Extreme of Vice, was neer agreed : Aflc where 's the North ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the firft...
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A Tour Through Sicily and Malta: In a Series of Letters to William ..., Volume 2

Patrick Brydone - 1780 - 248 pages
...female beauty : they change in every climate ; and the criterion is no where to be found. " Afic wbere's the North ? — at York, 'tis on the Tweed, " In Scotland at the Orcades, and there,— " At Nova Zembla, or the Lord knows where." No two nations, perhaps no two men,...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Imitations, moral ...

Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...endure, then pity,, then embrace. ?2CJ But where th' Extreme of Vice, was ne'er agreed : Afk where's the North ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the firft...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 77

1787 - 652 pages
...are three or four years younger than themfelves, by the infantine appellation of girls. " AQc where's the North ? at York 'tis on the Tweed ; in Scotland at the Orcades, and there At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where."' • To folve this difficult problem,...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 46

English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...Wd firft endure, then pity, then embrace. 220 But where th' Extreme of Vice, was ne'er agreed: Afk where 's the North ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the firft...
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Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces

William Creech - 1791 - 346 pages
...? and, upon examination, it will be found to referable Pope's defcription of the north. Aft where's the north ?—At York, 'tis on the Tweed ;— In Scotland, at the Orcades;—and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. EVERY perfon, according to his...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - 1793 - 274 pages
...face, \V'e firfl endure, then pny, them embrace. But where th' extreme of vice, was ne'er agreed : Afk where 's the North ? at York, 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the fiifl...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1796 - 236 pages
...endure, then piry, then embrace. . zz» But where th" extreme of vice was ne'er agreed i Aflc where's the North ? at York 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland at the Orcades ; and there At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. No creature owns it in the firft...
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The Voyage of Hanno: Translated, and Accompanied with the Greek Text ...

Hanno, Thomas Falconer - 1797 - 138 pages
...perhaps later. The term muft be perpetually fluctuating, like what Pope fays of the north : AJk, where's the north ? At York, 'tis on the Tweed } In Scotland, at the Orcades ; and there In Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where. At laft, however, Mr D. feems to...
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