The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... Shall work Herculean wonders thro ' the Land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , fhall rage in vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth you fcan , And lend th ' informing Clue to erring Man : No more ...
... Shall work Herculean wonders thro ' the Land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , fhall rage in vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth you fcan , And lend th ' informing Clue to erring Man : No more ...
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... Shall he alone , whom rational we call , 185 Be pleas'd with nothing , if not blefs'd with all ? The blifs of Man ( could Pride that bleffing find ) Is not to act or think beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to fhare , But ...
... Shall he alone , whom rational we call , 185 Be pleas'd with nothing , if not blefs'd with all ? The blifs of Man ( could Pride that bleffing find ) Is not to act or think beyond mankind ; No pow'rs of body or of foul to fhare , But ...
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... shall be , NOTES . " minds are indeed but narrow , yet fitted to their station , " & c . " Comm . p . 120. But Mr. Pope had no fuch childish idea in his head . He was here oppofing the human spe- cies to the angelic ; and fo spoke of ...
... shall be , NOTES . " minds are indeed but narrow , yet fitted to their station , " & c . " Comm . p . 120. But Mr. Pope had no fuch childish idea in his head . He was here oppofing the human spe- cies to the angelic ; and fo spoke of ...
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... effects of Self - love ; but is a neceffary introduction to what follows , concerning the Reformation of Religion and Society ; as we shall fee presently . For , what one likes if others like as well EP . III . ESSAY ON MAN . III.
... effects of Self - love ; but is a neceffary introduction to what follows , concerning the Reformation of Religion and Society ; as we shall fee presently . For , what one likes if others like as well EP . III . ESSAY ON MAN . III.
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... Shall find , the pleasure pays not half the pain . ORDER is Heav'n's first law ; and this confeft , Some are , and must be , greater than the rest , More rich , more wife ; but who infers from hence That fuch are happier , fhocks all ...
... Shall find , the pleasure pays not half the pain . ORDER is Heav'n's first law ; and this confeft , Some are , and must be , greater than the rest , More rich , more wife ; but who infers from hence That fuch are happier , fhocks all ...
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