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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... Turns Ducheffes to ftrumpets , Beaux to apes ; Drags the vile Whisp'rer from his dark abode , ' Till all the Dæmon starts up from the toad . 140 O fordid maxim , form'd to skreen the vile , That true good - nature ftill must wear a ...
... Turns Ducheffes to ftrumpets , Beaux to apes ; Drags the vile Whisp'rer from his dark abode , ' Till all the Dæmon starts up from the toad . 140 O fordid maxim , form'd to skreen the vile , That true good - nature ftill must wear a ...
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... turns bid Vice or Virtue strike our eyes , Now bid a Wolfey or a Cromwell rife ; Now with a touch more facred and refin'd , 345 350 Call forth a CHESTERFIELD's or LONSDALE's mind . Here sweet or strong may ev'ry Colour flow : Here let ...
... turns bid Vice or Virtue strike our eyes , Now bid a Wolfey or a Cromwell rife ; Now with a touch more facred and refin'd , 345 350 Call forth a CHESTERFIELD's or LONSDALE's mind . Here sweet or strong may ev'ry Colour flow : Here let ...
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... light'ning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a Cæfar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loofe to fourge mankind ? Is the great chain , that draws all to agree 6 Ep . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... light'ning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a Cæfar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loofe to fourge mankind ? Is the great chain , that draws all to agree 6 Ep . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... turns to his friend , and ( from 123 to 130 ) remarks , that the ground of all this.extravagance is Pride ; which , more or lefs , infects the whole Species ; thews the ill effects of it , in the cafe of the fallen Angels ; and ob ...
... turns to his friend , and ( from 123 to 130 ) remarks , that the ground of all this.extravagance is Pride ; which , more or lefs , infects the whole Species ; thews the ill effects of it , in the cafe of the fallen Angels ; and ob ...
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... turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for nat'ral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to fubmit ...
... turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for nat'ral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to fubmit ...
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