The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... rich , more wife ; but who infers from hence That fuch are happier , shocks all common sense . Heav'n to Mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in their Happiness : 50 VARIATIONS . After $ 52. in the MS . Say not , " Heav'n's ...
... rich , more wife ; but who infers from hence That fuch are happier , shocks all common sense . Heav'n to Mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in their Happiness : 50 VARIATIONS . After $ 52. in the MS . Say not , " Heav'n's ...
Page 136
... rich , COMMENTARY , १० be too apt to be mistaken for it , in mens passionate pur- fuit after external goods . To obviate this mistake there- fore , the Poet shews ( from 82 to 93. ) that , as exorbi- tant wealth adds nothing to the ...
... rich , COMMENTARY , १० be too apt to be mistaken for it , in mens passionate pur- fuit after external goods . To obviate this mistake there- fore , the Poet shews ( from 82 to 93. ) that , as exorbi- tant wealth adds nothing to the ...
Page 144
... riches , your demand is o'er ? " No - shall the good want Health , the good want Pow'r ? " Add Health , and Pow'r , and ev'ry earthly thing , " Why bounded Pow'r ? why private ? why no king ? " 16 Nay , why external for internal giv'n ...
... riches , your demand is o'er ? " No - shall the good want Health , the good want Pow'r ? " Add Health , and Pow'r , and ev'ry earthly thing , " Why bounded Pow'r ? why private ? why no king ? " 16 Nay , why external for internal giv'n ...
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... Riches give Repute , or Trust , 185 Content , or Pleasure , but the Good and Juft ? COMMENTARY . paffion like that of an Infant or a Savage ; where the one is impatient for what he will foon despise ; and the other makes a provision for ...
... Riches give Repute , or Trust , 185 Content , or Pleasure , but the Good and Juft ? COMMENTARY . paffion like that of an Infant or a Savage ; where the one is impatient for what he will foon despise ; and the other makes a provision for ...
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... riches , as the fountain of honour . For his adverfaries objection standeth thus : -As honour is the genuine claim of vir- tue ; and shame the just retribution of vice ; and as ho- nour , in their opinion , follows riches ; and shame ...
... riches , as the fountain of honour . For his adverfaries objection standeth thus : -As honour is the genuine claim of vir- tue ; and shame the just retribution of vice ; and as ho- nour , in their opinion , follows riches ; and shame ...
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