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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 1544 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)

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Dryden, Virg. Æn. iv. 250:

But called it marriage, by that specious name To veil the crime, and sanctify the shame.—Wakefield.

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