The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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Alexander Pope. He ' midst an Age of Puns and Pedants wrote With genuine fenfe , and Roman ftrength of thought . Yet fcarce had SATIRE well relum'd her flame , 419 ( With grief the Muse records her Country's fhame ) Ere Britain faw the ...
Alexander Pope. He ' midst an Age of Puns and Pedants wrote With genuine fenfe , and Roman ftrength of thought . Yet fcarce had SATIRE well relum'd her flame , 419 ( With grief the Muse records her Country's fhame ) Ere Britain faw the ...
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... fenfe is , " we fee nothing of Man , but as he ftands at present in his ftation here : From which station , all our reasonings on his nature and end must be drawn ; " and to this station they must all be referred . " The con- fequence ...
... fenfe is , " we fee nothing of Man , but as he ftands at present in his ftation here : From which station , all our reasonings on his nature and end must be drawn ; " and to this station they must all be referred . " The con- fequence ...
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... fenfe , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; After VARIATIONS . 108. in the firft Ed . But does he say the maker is not good , Till he's exalted to what ftate he wou'd : Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy ...
... fenfe , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; After VARIATIONS . 108. in the firft Ed . But does he say the maker is not good , Till he's exalted to what ftate he wou'd : Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy ...
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... fenfe the lines immediately following confine us ; " Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod , 66 Re - judge his justice , be the God of God . VER . 123. In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our error lies ; & c . ] From these men , the ...
... fenfe the lines immediately following confine us ; " Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod , 66 Re - judge his justice , be the God of God . VER . 123. In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our error lies ; & c . ] From these men , the ...
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... is poetical and even fublime , but misplaced . He is arguing philofophically in a cafe that required him to employ the real objects of fenfe only : and , what is Mark how it mounts , to Man's imperial race , 28 ESSAY ON MA N. EP . I.
... is poetical and even fublime , but misplaced . He is arguing philofophically in a cafe that required him to employ the real objects of fenfe only : and , what is Mark how it mounts , to Man's imperial race , 28 ESSAY ON MA N. EP . I.
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