The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... r , the Prostitute to Gain : Wreaths , that should deck fair Virtue's form alone , To Strumpets , Traitors , Tyrants , vilely thrown : 440 : १ Unrival'd Parts , the scorn of honeft fame ; And xxiv ESSAY ON SATIRE . Part III .
... r , the Prostitute to Gain : Wreaths , that should deck fair Virtue's form alone , To Strumpets , Traitors , Tyrants , vilely thrown : 440 : १ Unrival'd Parts , the scorn of honeft fame ; And xxiv ESSAY ON SATIRE . Part III .
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... should vainly quit Thy facred paths , to run the maze of wit ; If her apoftate heart should e'er incline 525 To offer incense at Corruption's shrine ; Urge , urge thy pow'r , the black attempt confound , And dash the smoaking Censer to ...
... should vainly quit Thy facred paths , to run the maze of wit ; If her apoftate heart should e'er incline 525 To offer incense at Corruption's shrine ; Urge , urge thy pow'r , the black attempt confound , And dash the smoaking Censer to ...
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... should reft fubmiffive and content ; and own every thing to be difpofed for the best ; that to think of discovering the manner how God conducts this wonder- ful scheme to its completion , is as absurd as to imagine that the horse and ox ...
... should reft fubmiffive and content ; and own every thing to be difpofed for the best ; that to think of discovering the manner how God conducts this wonder- ful scheme to its completion , is as absurd as to imagine that the horse and ox ...
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... should die as C¿far bleed . COMMENTARY . VER . 91. Hope humbly then ; & c . ] But now an Objector is supposed to put in , and say , " You tell us indeed , that all things shall terminate in good ; but we fee ourselves fur- rounded with ...
... should die as C¿far bleed . COMMENTARY . VER . 91. Hope humbly then ; & c . ] But now an Objector is supposed to put in , and say , " You tell us indeed , that all things shall terminate in good ; but we fee ourselves fur- rounded with ...
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... should be fatisfied ; " He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone ८ : Hope of known bliss , and Faith in bliss unknown : " Nature , whose dictates to no other kind " Are giv'n in vain , but what they feek they find ) It is only for the ...
... should be fatisfied ; " He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone ८ : Hope of known bliss , and Faith in bliss unknown : " Nature , whose dictates to no other kind " Are giv'n in vain , but what they feek they find ) It is only for the ...
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