The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... hath bled , And oft a deftin'd Victim fhall be lead : 195 Lo , Shaftfb'ry rears her high on Reafon's throne , And loads the Slave with honours not her own : 200 Big - fwoln with folly , as her fmiles provoke , Prophaneness spawns , pert ...
... hath bled , And oft a deftin'd Victim fhall be lead : 195 Lo , Shaftfb'ry rears her high on Reafon's throne , And loads the Slave with honours not her own : 200 Big - fwoln with folly , as her fmiles provoke , Prophaneness spawns , pert ...
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... hath no inconnected Void ; fuch a one in which there is a perfect coherence and gradual fubordination in all its parts ; there must needs be , in fome part or other of the scale of reasoning life , fuch a creature as MAN : Which reduces ...
... hath no inconnected Void ; fuch a one in which there is a perfect coherence and gradual fubordination in all its parts ; there must needs be , in fome part or other of the scale of reasoning life , fuch a creature as MAN : Which reduces ...
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... hath been objected , that " the Syftem of the best weakens the other natural argu- ments for a future ftate ; because , if the evils which good Men fuffer , promote the benefit of the whole , then every thing is here in order : and ...
... hath been objected , that " the Syftem of the best weakens the other natural argu- ments for a future ftate ; because , if the evils which good Men fuffer , promote the benefit of the whole , then every thing is here in order : and ...
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... hath gi- ven this common HOPE of Mankind : But , tho ' his untutored mind had betrayed him into many childish fancies con- cerning the nature of that future ftate , yet he is fo far from excluding any part of his own fpecies ( a vice ...
... hath gi- ven this common HOPE of Mankind : But , tho ' his untutored mind had betrayed him into many childish fancies con- cerning the nature of that future ftate , yet he is fo far from excluding any part of his own fpecies ( a vice ...
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... hath immor- tality : To which 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 ...
... hath immor- tality : To which 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 ...
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