The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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Page xxxi
... less sharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than ad- vanced the theory , of Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Essay has any merit , it is in steering betwixt ...
... less sharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than ad- vanced the theory , of Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Essay has any merit , it is in steering betwixt ...
Page xxxii
... less dry , and more fufceptible of poetical 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 ...
... less dry , and more fufceptible of poetical 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 ...
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... less ? Afk of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! NOTES . 35 40 system is , of body and spirit . By the strong connections , there- fore , the Poet alluded to the natural part ; and by the ...
... less ? Afk of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! NOTES . 35 40 system is , of body and spirit . By the strong connections , there- fore , the Poet alluded to the natural part ; and by the ...
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... less than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we be unable to discover the particular reasons for this mode of our existence , we may be assured in ge- neral that it is right . For now , entering upon ...
... less than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we be unable to discover the particular reasons for this mode of our existence , we may be assured in ge- neral that it is right . For now , entering upon ...
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... less , infects the whole Species ; shews the ill effects of it , in the case of the fallen Angels ; and observes , that even wishing to in- vert the laws of Order , is a lower species of their crime : then brings an instance of one of ...
... less , infects the whole Species ; shews the ill effects of it , in the case of the fallen Angels ; and observes , that even wishing to in- vert the laws of Order , is a lower species of their crime : then brings an instance of one of ...
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