The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideJ. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... 'ning forms » Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the ftorms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a C¿far's mind , Or turns young Amman loose to fcourge mankind ? Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , 6 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... 'ning forms » Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the ftorms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a C¿far's mind , Or turns young Amman loose to fcourge mankind ? Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , 6 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... , no little ; ' tis as much decreed That Virgil's Gnat should die as C¿far bleed . NOTES . VER . 87. Who fees with equal eye , & c . ] Mat . x . 29 . 80 85 • Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a ESSAY ON MAN . EP . I.
... , no little ; ' tis as much decreed That Virgil's Gnat should die as C¿far bleed . NOTES . VER . 87. Who fees with equal eye , & c . ] Mat . x . 29 . 80 85 • Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a ESSAY ON MAN . EP . I.
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... C¿far's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning fprings ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reafon ...
... C¿far's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning fprings ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reafon ...
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... C¿far - but for Titus too : 146 And which more bleft ? who chain'd his country , fay , Or he whose Virtue figh'd to lose a day ? " But fometimes Virtue starves , while Vice is fed . " What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? 150 ...
... C¿far - but for Titus too : 146 And which more bleft ? who chain'd his country , fay , Or he whose Virtue figh'd to lose a day ? " But fometimes Virtue starves , while Vice is fed . " What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? 150 ...
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... much an empty shade An Eugene living , as a C¿far dead ; 241 Alike or when , or where , they fhone , or fhine , 245 Or on the Rubicon , or on the Rhine , A Wit's a feather , and a Chief a rod F 4 EP . IV . 87 ESSAY ON MAN .
... much an empty shade An Eugene living , as a C¿far dead ; 241 Alike or when , or where , they fhone , or fhine , 245 Or on the Rubicon , or on the Rhine , A Wit's a feather , and a Chief a rod F 4 EP . IV . 87 ESSAY ON MAN .
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againſt Balaam becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs breaſt C¿far Catiline caufe cauſe D¿mon defign deſtroy e'er eaſe EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry Expence faid fame fatire fave fecond fenfe ferves fhade fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt Folly fome Fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fuch fure fyftem guife Happineſs heart Heav'n himſelf itſelf juft juſt King knave laft laſt lefs leſs Lord Mankind mind moft Momus moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's NOTES numbers o'er obfervation Paffion Parterres pleaſe pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe prefent pride purpoſe purſue racters raiſe Reaſon reft rife ruling Angels SATIRE ſcarce Self-love Senfe ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtrong Tafte thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion truth Twas Univerſal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue Virtue's whofe whoſe wife Wiſdom YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 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.
Page 102 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Page 87 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 27 - KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed 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...
Page 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.
Page 4 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 5 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Page 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.
Page 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!
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