The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... study'd negligence , Politely fly , cajol'd the foes of sense : 380 He seem'd to sport and trifle with the dart , But while he sported , drove it to the heart . In graver strains majestic PERSIUS wrote , Big with a ripe exuberance of ...
... study'd negligence , Politely fly , cajol'd the foes of sense : 380 He seem'd to sport and trifle with the dart , But while he sported , drove it to the heart . In graver strains majestic PERSIUS wrote , Big with a ripe exuberance of ...
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... study- ing too much such finer nerves and vessels , the con- formations and uses of which will for ever escape our observation . The disputes are all upon these laft , and , I will venture to say , they have less sharpened the wits than ...
... study- ing too much such finer nerves and vessels , the con- formations and uses of which will for ever escape our observation . The disputes are all upon these laft , and , I will venture to say , they have less sharpened the wits than ...
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... study himself . His Middle Nature ; his Powers and Frailties , 1 to 19. The Limits of his Capa- picy , 19 , & c . II . The two Principles of Man , Self - love and Reason , both necessary , $ 53 , & c . Self- love the stronger , and why ...
... study himself . His Middle Nature ; his Powers and Frailties , 1 to 19. The Limits of his Capa- picy , 19 , & c . II . The two Principles of Man , Self - love and Reason , both necessary , $ 53 , & c . Self- love the stronger , and why ...
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... study of Mankind is Man . Plac'd on this ifthmus of a middle state , A Being darkly wife , and rudely great : VARIATIONS . VER . 2. Ed . 1ft . The only science of Mankind is Man . COMMENTARY . VER . 2. The proper study , & c . ] The ...
... study of Mankind is Man . Plac'd on this ifthmus of a middle state , A Being darkly wife , and rudely great : VARIATIONS . VER . 2. Ed . 1ft . The only science of Mankind is Man . COMMENTARY . VER . 2. The proper study , & c . ] The ...
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... study ; for who can doubt but we are intimately acquainted with OUR- SELVES ? The proper conclusion therefore from your proof of our inability to comprehend the ways of God , is , that we should turn ourselves to the study of the frame ...
... study ; for who can doubt but we are intimately acquainted with OUR- SELVES ? The proper conclusion therefore from your proof of our inability to comprehend the ways of God , is , that we should turn ourselves to the study of the frame ...
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