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Each Fool to low Ambition , poorly great , That pines in splendid wretchedness of state , 70 Tir'd in the treach'rous Chase , would nobly yield , And but for Shame , like SYLLA , quit the field : The Dæmon Shame paints strong the ...
Each Fool to low Ambition , poorly great , That pines in splendid wretchedness of state , 70 Tir'd in the treach'rous Chase , would nobly yield , And but for Shame , like SYLLA , quit the field : The Dæmon Shame paints strong the ...
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They least are pain'd , who merit satire most ; Folly the Laureat's , Vice was Chartres ' boast : Then where's the wrong , to gibbet high the name Of Fools and Knaves already dead to shame ? ' 160 Oft SATIRE acts the faithful Surgeon's ...
They least are pain'd , who merit satire most ; Folly the Laureat's , Vice was Chartres ' boast : Then where's the wrong , to gibbet high the name Of Fools and Knaves already dead to shame ? ' 160 Oft SATIRE acts the faithful Surgeon's ...
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Nor fondly deem the real fool confeft , 195 Because blind Ridicule conceives a jest : Before whose altar Virtue oft hath bled , And oft a destin'd Victim shall be led : Lo , Shaftsb'ry rears her high on Reason's throne , And loads the ...
Nor fondly deem the real fool confeft , 195 Because blind Ridicule conceives a jest : Before whose altar Virtue oft hath bled , And oft a destin'd Victim shall be led : Lo , Shaftsb'ry rears her high on Reason's throne , And loads the ...
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... placed by Providence the jointinhabitants of this globe , are designed by Providence to be jointSharers with us of its blessings : Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ?
... placed by Providence the jointinhabitants of this globe , are designed by Providence to be jointSharers with us of its blessings : Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ?
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... round his follow'rs trod , And quitting sense call imitating God ; As Eastern priests in giddy circles run , And turn their heads to imitate the Sun , Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to ruleThen drop into thyself , and be a fool !
... round his follow'rs trod , And quitting sense call imitating God ; As Eastern priests in giddy circles run , And turn their heads to imitate the Sun , Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to ruleThen drop into thyself , and be a fool !
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action acts 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 leſs light lines live Lord Man's Mankind manner means mind moral moſt muſt Nature needs never NOTES object obſerve Paſſion 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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 80 - 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 26 - 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 27 - 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 150 - 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 10 - 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 80 - 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 65 - 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 38 - 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 25 - 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.
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Moral essays Band 3 von The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death: Together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton, William Warburton |
| Autor/in | Alexander Pope |
| Verlag | J. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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