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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... fortunes in the hand of Man ; nay , that fuch know- ledge , if communicated , would be even pernicious to Man , and NOTES . VER . 64 - Egypt's God ] Called fo because the God Apis was worshiped univerfally over the whole land . The ...
... fortunes in the hand of Man ; nay , that fuch know- ledge , if communicated , would be even pernicious to Man , and NOTES . VER . 64 - Egypt's God ] Called fo because the God Apis was worshiped univerfally over the whole land . The ...
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... fortune and his birth , Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . What tho ' ( the use of barb'rous fpits forgot ) His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ? If Cotta liv'd on pulfe , it was no more Than bramins , faints , and fages ...
... fortune and his birth , Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . What tho ' ( the use of barb'rous fpits forgot ) His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ? If Cotta liv'd on pulfe , it was no more Than bramins , faints , and fages ...
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... Fortune , 94. IV . The folly of expecting that God fhould alter his general Laws in favour of particulars , 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest , † 133 , & c . VI . That ...
... Fortune , 94. IV . The folly of expecting that God fhould alter his general Laws in favour of particulars , 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest , † 133 , & c . VI . That ...
Page 128
... Fortune's gifts if each alike possest , And each were equal , must not all contest ? If then to all Men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be happy call'd ...
... Fortune's gifts if each alike possest , And each were equal , must not all contest ? If then to all Men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be happy call'd ...
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... Fortune gain ; But these less taste them , as they worse obtain . COMMENTARY . 81 to be gain'd only by VIRTUE , namely , by Temperance , In- nocence , and Industry . VER . 83. The good or bad , & c . ] But hitherto the poet hath only ...
... Fortune gain ; But these less taste them , as they worse obtain . COMMENTARY . 81 to be gain'd only by VIRTUE , namely , by Temperance , In- nocence , and Industry . VER . 83. The good or bad , & c . ] But hitherto the poet hath only ...
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