The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Tom 31812 |
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... MORAL ESSAYS : EPISTLE I. Of the Knowledge and Characters of MEN · EPISTLE II . Of the Characters of WOMEN EPISTLE III . Of the Use of RICHES EPISTLE IV . Of the Use of RICHES EPISTLE V. To Mr.Addison , occasioned by his Dialogues on ...
... MORAL ESSAYS : EPISTLE I. Of the Knowledge and Characters of MEN · EPISTLE II . Of the Characters of WOMEN EPISTLE III . Of the Use of RICHES EPISTLE IV . Of the Use of RICHES EPISTLE V. To Mr.Addison , occasioned by his Dialogues on ...
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... moral precept , or to examine the perfection or im- perfection of any creature whatsoever , it is necessary first to ... morality . If I could flatter myself that this Essay has any merit , it is in steering betwixt the extremes of ...
... moral precept , or to examine the perfection or im- perfection of any creature whatsoever , it is necessary first to ... morality . If I could flatter myself that this Essay has any merit , it is in steering betwixt the extremes of ...
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... moral world , which is not in the natural , ver . 131 , & c . VI . The unreasonableness of his complaints against Pro - ` vidence , while on the one hand he demands the perfections of the Angels , and on the other the bodily ...
... moral world , which is not in the natural , ver . 131 , & c . VI . The unreasonableness of his complaints against Pro - ` vidence , while on the one hand he demands the perfections of the Angels , and on the other the bodily ...
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... morals , or that so many and ex- cellent rules could be produced so advantageously and agreeably in that science , from any one head . I con- fess in some places I was forced to read twice . I believe I told you before what the Duke of ...
... morals , or that so many and ex- cellent rules could be produced so advantageously and agreeably in that science , from any one head . I con- fess in some places I was forced to read twice . I believe I told you before what the Duke of ...
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... moral and natural , are also necessary and unavoidable : That the seeming defects and blemishes in the universe conspire to its general beauty : That as all parts in an animal are not eyes ; and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ...
... moral and natural , are also necessary and unavoidable : That the seeming defects and blemishes in the universe conspire to its general beauty : That as all parts in an animal are not eyes ; and as in a city , comedy , or picture , all ...
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Strona 13 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Strona 18 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Strona 18 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Strona 16 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Strona 17 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Strona 244 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Strona 131 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Strona 24 - Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Strona 164 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Strona 67 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.