The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warbuton, 3. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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... shall thy baseness meet it's just return , 185 Or what repay thy guilt , but endless scorn ? And know , immortal Truth fhall mock thy toil : Immortal Truth shall bid the shaft receil ; With rage retorted , wing the deadly dart ; And ...
... shall thy baseness meet it's just return , 185 Or what repay thy guilt , but endless scorn ? And know , immortal Truth fhall mock thy toil : Immortal Truth shall bid the shaft receil ; With rage retorted , wing the deadly dart ; And ...
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... Shall work Herculean wonders thro ' the Land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , shall rage in vain , In vain the tracklefs maze of Truth you scan , And lend th ' informing Clue to erring Man : 220 No more ...
... Shall work Herculean wonders thro ' the Land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , shall rage in vain , In vain the tracklefs maze of Truth you scan , And lend th ' informing Clue to erring Man : 220 No more ...
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... shall view with just difdain : A race fantastick , in whofe gaudy line Untutor❜d thought , and tinfel beauty shine ; Wit's shatter'd Mirror lies in fragments bright , Reflects not Nature , but confounds . the fight . Dry Morals the ...
... shall view with just difdain : A race fantastick , in whofe gaudy line Untutor❜d thought , and tinfel beauty shine ; Wit's shatter'd Mirror lies in fragments bright , Reflects not Nature , but confounds . the fight . Dry Morals the ...
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... shall know why Man reftrains His firey course , or drives him o'er the plains ; COMMENTARY . 60 and thofe of Man ; viz . that , in the latter , a thousand move- ments scarce gain one purpose ; in the former , one movement gains many ...
... shall know why Man reftrains His firey course , or drives him o'er the plains ; COMMENTARY . 60 and thofe of Man ; viz . that , in the latter , a thousand move- ments scarce gain one purpose ; in the former , one movement gains many ...
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... shall Man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions ' , paffions ' , being's , use and end ; 66 Why doing , fuff'ring , check'd , impell'd ; and why This hour a flave , the next a deity . Then say not Man's imperfect , Heav'n in fault ...
... shall Man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions ' , paffions ' , being's , use and end ; 66 Why doing , fuff'ring , check'd , impell'd ; and why This hour a flave , the next a deity . Then say not Man's imperfect , Heav'n in fault ...
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