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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... Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful fhadow tempts his yiew , He for the imag'd Substance quits the true ; Eager to catch the vifionary Prize , In quest of Glory plunges deep in Vice ; ' Till madly zealous ...
... Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful fhadow tempts his yiew , He for the imag'd Substance quits the true ; Eager to catch the vifionary Prize , In quest of Glory plunges deep in Vice ; ' Till madly zealous ...
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... dignitatis , ge- " nitore illo ac patre prolatas , divinas , fapientes , doctas , neque " ulla corporis attrectatione contiguas . " Adverfus gentes . Pride still is aiming at the bleft abodes , 125 16 Ep . 1 . ESSAY SAY ON ON MAN .
... dignitatis , ge- " nitore illo ac patre prolatas , divinas , fapientes , doctas , neque " ulla corporis attrectatione contiguas . " Adverfus gentes . Pride still is aiming at the bleft abodes , 125 16 Ep . 1 . ESSAY SAY ON ON MAN .
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... still is aiming at the bleft abodes , 125 Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Afpiring to be Gods , if Angels fell , Afpiring to be Angels , Men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER , fins against th ' Eternal ...
... still is aiming at the bleft abodes , 125 Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Afpiring to be Gods , if Angels fell , Afpiring to be Angels , Men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER , fins against th ' Eternal ...
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... - mal is obferved to poffefs them . NOTES . VER . 202. Stunn'd him with the mufic of the Spheres , ] This instance is poetical and even fublime , but mifplaced . He How would he wish that Heav'n had left him still Ep . I. 25 ESSAY ON MAN .
... - mal is obferved to poffefs them . NOTES . VER . 202. Stunn'd him with the mufic of the Spheres , ] This instance is poetical and even fublime , but mifplaced . He How would he wish that Heav'n had left him still Ep . I. 25 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... still The whisp'ring Zephyr , and the purling rill ? Who finds not Providence all good and wife , 205 Alike in what it gives , and what denies ? VII . Far as Creation's ample range extends , The scale of fenfual , mental pow'rs afcends ...
... still The whisp'ring Zephyr , and the purling rill ? Who finds not Providence all good and wife , 205 Alike in what it gives , and what denies ? VII . Far as Creation's ample range extends , The scale of fenfual , mental pow'rs afcends ...
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