The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... brave Britons , foreign laws despis'd , And kept unconquer'd and unciviliz'd ; Fierce for the liberties of wit , and bold , We still defied the Romans , as of old . Yet some there were among the sounder few Of those who less presum'd ...
... brave Britons , foreign laws despis'd , And kept unconquer'd and unciviliz'd ; Fierce for the liberties of wit , and bold , We still defied the Romans , as of old . Yet some there were among the sounder few Of those who less presum'd ...
Page 95
... brave , In such a cause disdain'd thy life to save ; But view'd the shrine with a superior look , And its upbraided godhead thus bespoke : With piety , the soul's securest guard , And conscious virtue , still its own reward , Willing I ...
... brave , In such a cause disdain'd thy life to save ; But view'd the shrine with a superior look , And its upbraided godhead thus bespoke : With piety , the soul's securest guard , And conscious virtue , still its own reward , Willing I ...
Page 105
... brave ; Nor virtue , male or female , can we name , But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus Nature gives us ( let it check our pride ) The virtue nearest to our vice allied : Reason the bias turns to good from ill , And ...
... brave ; Nor virtue , male or female , can we name , But what will grow on pride , or grow on shame . Thus Nature gives us ( let it check our pride ) The virtue nearest to our vice allied : Reason the bias turns to good from ill , And ...
Page 110
... brave , Is but the more a fool , the more a knave . Who noble ends by noble means obtains , Or failing , smiles in exile or in chains , Like good Aurelius let him reign , or bleed Like Socrates , that man is great indeed . What's fame ...
... brave , Is but the more a fool , the more a knave . Who noble ends by noble means obtains , Or failing , smiles in exile or in chains , Like good Aurelius let him reign , or bleed Like Socrates , that man is great indeed . What's fame ...
Page 114
... brave : What made ( say , Montagne , or more sage Charron . ) Will sneaks a scrivener , an exceeding knave . Otho a warrior , Cromwell a buffoon ? A perjured prince a leaden saint revere , A godless regent tremble at a star ? The throne ...
... brave : What made ( say , Montagne , or more sage Charron . ) Will sneaks a scrivener , an exceeding knave . Otho a warrior , Cromwell a buffoon ? A perjured prince a leaden saint revere , A godless regent tremble at a star ? The throne ...
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