The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... course ; Swell to new heights , forbidden paths explore , And drown those Virtues which they fed before . 60 And fure , the deadliest Foe to Virtue's flame , Our worst of Evils , is perverted Shame . Beneath this load what abject ...
... course ; Swell to new heights , forbidden paths explore , And drown those Virtues which they fed before . 60 And fure , the deadliest Foe to Virtue's flame , Our worst of Evils , is perverted Shame . Beneath this load what abject ...
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... ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to observe their effects , may be a tafk more agreeable . 1 [ I ] AN ESSAY on MAN , IN THE DESIGN .
... ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to observe their effects , may be a tafk more agreeable . 1 [ I ] AN ESSAY on MAN , IN THE DESIGN .
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Alexander Pope. When the proud steed shall know why Man reftrains His firey course , or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull Ox , why now he breaks the clod , Is now a victim , and now ¯gypt's God : VARIATIONS . In the former ...
Alexander Pope. When the proud steed shall know why Man reftrains His firey course , or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull Ox , why now he breaks the clod , Is now a victim , and now ¯gypt's God : VARIATIONS . In the former ...
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... course of matter and motion must be necessarily subject to some irregulari- ties , because nothing is created perfect . I then ask why you should expect this perfection in Man ? If you own that the great end of God ( notwithstanding all ...
... course of matter and motion must be necessarily subject to some irregulari- ties , because nothing is created perfect . I then ask why you should expect this perfection in Man ? If you own that the great end of God ( notwithstanding all ...
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... course requires Of show'rs and sun - shine , as of Man's defires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As Men for ever temp'rate , calm , and wife . COMMENTARY . trangress the eternal rule of Right , should sometimes go out of ...
... course requires Of show'rs and sun - shine , as of Man's defires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As Men for ever temp'rate , calm , and wife . COMMENTARY . trangress the eternal rule of Right , should sometimes go out of ...
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