The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... fecond epiftle ) both of good and evil . The Garden , to human reafon , fo often tempting us to trangrefs the bounds God has fet to it , and to wander in fruitless enquiries . Together let us beat this ample field , Try what C 2 EPISTLE I.
... fecond epiftle ) both of good and evil . The Garden , to human reafon , fo often tempting us to trangrefs the bounds God has fet to it , and to wander in fruitless enquiries . Together let us beat this ample field , Try what C 2 EPISTLE I.
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... fecond . So that this whole book conftitutes a complete Efay on Man , written for the best purpose , to vindicate the ways of God . VER . 17. Say first , of God above , or Man below , & c . ] The poet having declared his Subject ; his ...
... fecond . So that this whole book conftitutes a complete Efay on Man , written for the best purpose , to vindicate the ways of God . VER . 17. Say first , of God above , or Man below , & c . ] The poet having declared his Subject ; his ...
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... fecond to some sphere unknown , Touches fome wheel , or verges to fome goal ; ' Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . COMMENTARY . 55 60 VER . 51. Refpecting Man , & c . ] It being fhewn that MAN , the Subject of this enquiry , has ...
... fecond to some sphere unknown , Touches fome wheel , or verges to fome goal ; ' Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . COMMENTARY . 55 60 VER . 51. Refpecting Man , & c . ] It being fhewn that MAN , the Subject of this enquiry , has ...
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... fecond epiftle , 274. he goes ftill further , and fays , this HOPE quits us not even at Death , when every thing mortal drops from us : 66 Hope travels thro ' , nor quits us when we die . NOTES . VER . 93. What future bliss , & c . ] It ...
... fecond epiftle , 274. he goes ftill further , and fays , this HOPE quits us not even at Death , when every thing mortal drops from us : 66 Hope travels thro ' , nor quits us when we die . NOTES . VER . 93. What future bliss , & c . ] It ...
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... fecond to fome fphere unknown ; " Touches fome wheel , or verges to fome goal : " ' Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . But without any regard to the evidence of this illuftration , there is one who exclaims : " See the general ...
... fecond to fome fphere unknown ; " Touches fome wheel , or verges to fome goal : " ' Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . But without any regard to the evidence of this illuftration , there is one who exclaims : " See the general ...
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