The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... C¿far's mind , " Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge Mankind ? VER . 35 to 42. ] In thefe lines the poet has joined the beauty of argumentation to the fublimity of thought ; where the fimilar inftances , propofed for his adverfaries ...
... C¿far's mind , " Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge Mankind ? VER . 35 to 42. ] In thefe lines the poet has joined the beauty of argumentation to the fublimity of thought ; where the fimilar inftances , propofed for his adverfaries ...
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... C¿far bleed . COMMENTARY . VER . 91. Hope humbly then ; & c . ] But now an Objector is fuppofed to put in , and fay , " You tell us indeed , that all things fhall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves fur- rounded with prefent Evil ...
... C¿far bleed . COMMENTARY . VER . 91. Hope humbly then ; & c . ] But now an Objector is fuppofed to put in , and fay , " You tell us indeed , that all things fhall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves fur- rounded with prefent Evil ...
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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 reason ...
... 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 reason ...
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... C¿far but for Titus too : - 146 And which more bleft ? who chain'd his country ? say , Or he whose Virtue figh'd to lose a day ? 150 " But fometimes Virtue ftarves , while Vice is fed . " What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? That ...
... C¿far but for Titus too : - 146 And which more bleft ? who chain'd his country ? say , Or he whose Virtue figh'd to lose a day ? 150 " But fometimes Virtue ftarves , while Vice is fed . " What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? That ...
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... C¿far dead : Alike or when , or where , they shone , or fhine , 245 Or on the Rubicon , or on the Rhine . A Wit's a feather , and a Chief a rod ; An honeft Man's the noble work of God , Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As ...
... C¿far dead : Alike or when , or where , they shone , or fhine , 245 Or on the Rubicon , or on the Rhine . A Wit's a feather , and a Chief a rod ; An honeft Man's the noble work of God , Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs C¿far caufe cauſe character COMMENTARY conclufion confequence confifts D¿mon defcribes defign Efay epiftle ev'ry evil expreffion exprefs faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feen fenfe ferve fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem gives happineſs happy hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juftice juſt knave laft lefs Man's Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion perfon philofophic pleaſure Poet Poet's pow'r praiſe prefent pride principle purpoſe racters raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife ruling Angels ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſhall ſtate ſtill Tafte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand thro true truth univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife