The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideJ. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... Thou Fiend accurs'd , thou Murderer of Fame ! . 175 180 Fell Ravifher , from Innocence to tear That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where fhall thy baseness meet its just return , 185 Or what repay thy guilt , but endless ...
... Thou Fiend accurs'd , thou Murderer of Fame ! . 175 180 Fell Ravifher , from Innocence to tear That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where fhall thy baseness meet its just return , 185 Or what repay thy guilt , but endless ...
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... thou , fair Truth , defcend , And watchful guard her in an honeft end ; Kindly fevere , instruct her equal line To court no Friend , nor own a Foe but thine . But if her giddy eye fhould vainly quit Thy facred paths , to run the maze of ...
... thou , fair Truth , defcend , And watchful guard her in an honeft end ; Kindly fevere , instruct her equal line To court no Friend , nor own a Foe but thine . But if her giddy eye fhould vainly quit Thy facred paths , to run the maze of ...
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... thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? First , if thou canft , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or ftronger than the weeds ...
... thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little , and fo blind ? First , if thou canft , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or ftronger than the weeds ...
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... thou ! and , in thy scale of sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , If Man's ...
... thou ! and , in thy scale of sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , If Man's ...
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... Thou haft anatomy of creatures , that made him a little lower than in proportion as they are the Angels , and baft crown- formed for ftrength , their ed him with glory and ho- fwiftnefs is leffened ; or as nour . Pfalm viii . 9 . they ...
... Thou haft anatomy of creatures , that made him a little lower than in proportion as they are the Angels , and baft crown- formed for ftrength , their ed him with glory and ho- fwiftnefs is leffened ; or as nour . Pfalm viii . 9 . they ...
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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 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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