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In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the
skies . I 20 ; COMMENTARY . cusers of providence ( from > 112 to 122 ) and
shews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the
...
In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the
skies . I 20 ; COMMENTARY . cusers of providence ( from > 112 to 122 ) and
shews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the
...
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5 Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , 125 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 , fins against th'Eternal
Cause ...
5 Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , 125 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 , fins against th'Eternal
Cause ...
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... it was a thor employs as a principle to conclufion from the general humble the
pride of Man , who principle abovementioned ; and would impiously make God
therefore muft neceffarily have accountable for his creation . another meaning .
... it was a thor employs as a principle to conclufion from the general humble the
pride of Man , who principle abovementioned ; and would impiously make God
therefore muft neceffarily have accountable for his creation . another meaning .
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II Not always Actions shew the man : we find Who does a kindness , is not
therefore kind ; Perhaps Prosperity becalm'd his breast , Perhaps the Wind just
shifted from the east : Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat , Pride guides
his steps ...
II Not always Actions shew the man : we find Who does a kindness , is not
therefore kind ; Perhaps Prosperity becalm'd his breast , Perhaps the Wind just
shifted from the east : Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat , Pride guides
his steps ...
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... Vanity without pride reality , very different and di or ambition . ftinct ; fo much so
, that ' tis VER . 223. As Fits give viremarkable , the three greatest gour , just when
they destroy : ] men in Rome , and contem The fimilitude is extremely poraries ...
... Vanity without pride reality , very different and di or ambition . ftinct ; fo much so
, that ' tis VER . 223. As Fits give viremarkable , the three greatest gour , just when
they destroy : ] men in Rome , and contem The fimilitude is extremely poraries ...
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action againſt appears beauty beſt cauſe Characters COMMENTARY common directs effects employed Epiſtle equal ev'ry evil examples extreme fall fame firſt follow folly fool fortune give given Happineſs hath heart Heav'n himſelf Hope human juſt kind King knowledge laſt laws light lines live Lord Man's Mankind manner means mind moral moſt muſt Nature needs never NOTES object obſerve Paſſions perfect pleaſure poet pow'r Pride principle Providence Reaſon regard Religion Riches riſe ruling ſame ſays ſecond ſee Self-love ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhews ſhould Society ſome ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch ſupport ſyſtem Taſte tell theſe things thoſe thought thro tion true truth turns univerſal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue wealth whole whoſe wiſe wrong
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Seite 109 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Seite 28 - Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! —oh madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX.
Seite 29 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Seite 152 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Seite 12 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd 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...
Seite 82 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Seite 67 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Seite 40 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Seite 27 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
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| Titel | The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays Band 3 von The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Together with the Commmentaries and Notes of R. Warbuton, William Warburton |
| Autor/in | Alexander Pope |
| Verlag | J. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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