The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... pursue : She , Pow'r refiftless , rules the wife and great , Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; T Haunts the proud City , and the lowly Shade , And sways alike the Scepter and the Spade . 40 Thus Heav'n in Pity wakes the ...
... pursue : She , Pow'r refiftless , rules the wife and great , Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; T Haunts the proud City , and the lowly Shade , And sways alike the Scepter and the Spade . 40 Thus Heav'n in Pity wakes the ...
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... defect of fcent in that terrible ani- mal . P. VER . 224 . For ever in their flight , pursuing them Sep'rate , & c . ] Near , by the Remembrance and Reflection how ally'd ; What thin partitions Senfe 16 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... defect of fcent in that terrible ani- mal . P. VER . 224 . For ever in their flight , pursuing them Sep'rate , & c . ] Near , by the Remembrance and Reflection how ally'd ; What thin partitions Senfe 16 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... Pursue the triumph , and partake the gale ? When statesmen , heroes , kings , in dust repose , Whose fons fhall blush their fathers were thy foes , Shall then this verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide , philofopher , and ...
... Pursue the triumph , and partake the gale ? When statesmen , heroes , kings , in dust repose , Whose fons fhall blush their fathers were thy foes , Shall then this verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide , philofopher , and ...
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... pursue . What Bleffings thy free Bounty gives , Let me not cast away ; For God is pay'd when Man receives , T'enjoy is to obey . COMMENTARY . with a blind determination ; but a religious acquiefcence , and confidence full of Hope and ...
... pursue . What Bleffings thy free Bounty gives , Let me not cast away ; For God is pay'd when Man receives , T'enjoy is to obey . COMMENTARY . with a blind determination ; but a religious acquiefcence , and confidence full of Hope and ...
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... pursued his ries , in imitation of the enemy to Alexandria , where Greek Generals , for the en- being infatuated with the tertainment of the world : charms of Cleopatra , instead But had his friend asked him , of pushing his advantages ...
... pursued his ries , in imitation of the enemy to Alexandria , where Greek Generals , for the en- being infatuated with the tertainment of the world : charms of Cleopatra , instead But had his friend asked him , of pushing his advantages ...
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againſt Balaam beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs bluſh breaſt Cæfar Catiline caufe cauſe Dæmon defign deſtroy e'er eaſe EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry Expence faid fame fatire fave fecond fenfe fhall fhew fhine fince firft firſt Folly fome Fool foul ftate ftill ftrong fubject fuch fure fyftem give guife Happineſs heart Heav'n himſelf inftance itſelf juft juſt King knave laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Mankind mind moft moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's NOTES numbers o'er obfervation OURSELVES TO KNOW Paffion Parterres pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe prefent pride purpoſe purſue racters raiſe Reaſon reft rife riſe ruling Angels ſcarce ſee Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmile ſtands ſtate ſtill Tafte taſte thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion truth Twas Univerſal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue Virtue's whofe whoſe wife Wiſdom
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Página 23 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Página 37 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Página 27 - The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
Página 18 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
Página 43 - 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.
Página 42 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain.
Página 15 - Mark how it mounts to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled...
Página 87 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Página 187 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Página 9 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...