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Make Nature still incroach upon his plan ; And shove him off as far as e'er we can
: Thrust some Mechanic Cause into his place ; 475 Or bind in Matter , or diffuse in
Space . Or , at one bound o'er - leaping all his laws , Make God Man's Image ...
Make Nature still incroach upon his plan ; And shove him off as far as e'er we can
: Thrust some Mechanic Cause into his place ; 475 Or bind in Matter , or diffuse in
Space . Or , at one bound o'er - leaping all his laws , Make God Man's Image ...
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The only comfort people can receive , must be owing in some shape or other to
Dulness ; which makes some stupid , others impudent , gives Self - conceit to
some , upon the Flatteries of their dependants , presents the false colours of
Interest ...
The only comfort people can receive , must be owing in some shape or other to
Dulness ; which makes some stupid , others impudent , gives Self - conceit to
some , upon the Flatteries of their dependants , presents the false colours of
Interest ...
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racter , either in the state or literature , the public in general afford it a moft quiet
reception ; and the larger part accept it as favourably as if it were some kindness
done to themselves : whereas if a known scound.el or blockhead but chance to ...
racter , either in the state or literature , the public in general afford it a moft quiet
reception ; and the larger part accept it as favourably as if it were some kindness
done to themselves : whereas if a known scound.el or blockhead but chance to ...
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I wonder what some people mean ; My Lord and he are grown so great , “ Always
together , téte à tête , “ What , they admire him for his jokes --- “ See but the
fortune of some Folks ! There fties about a strange report Of some express arriv'd
at ...
I wonder what some people mean ; My Lord and he are grown so great , “ Always
together , téte à tête , “ What , they admire him for his jokes --- “ See but the
fortune of some Folks ! There fties about a strange report Of some express arriv'd
at ...
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With added years if Life bring nothing new , But like a Sieve let ev'ry blessing thro
' , Some joy ftill loft , as each vain year runs o'er , And all we gain , some fad
Reflection more ; Is that a Birth - day ? ' tis alas ! too clear , Tis but the Funeral of
the ...
With added years if Life bring nothing new , But like a Sieve let ev'ry blessing thro
' , Some joy ftill loft , as each vain year runs o'er , And all we gain , some fad
Reflection more ; Is that a Birth - day ? ' tis alas ! too clear , Tis but the Funeral of
the ...
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Seite 216 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Seite 75 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Seite 84 - ... what contemptible men were the authors of it. He was not without hopes that, by...
Seite 151 - Tis (let me see) three years and more (October next, it will be four) Since Harley bid me first attend, And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As 'What's o-clock?
Seite 151 - And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,' What's o'clock?' and,
Seite 176 - Bid her be all that cheers or softens life, The tender sister, daughter, friend, and wife; Bid her be all that makes mankind adore, Then view this marble, and be vain no more!
Seite 151 - To-morrow my appeal comes on ; Without your help the cause is gone.' — ' The duke expects my lord and you, About some great affair, at two. ' — ' Put my Lord Bolingbroke in mind, To get my warrant quickly sign'd : Consider tis my first request.
Seite 145 - I'VE often wish'd that I had clear For life six hundred pounds a year, A handsome house to lodge a friend, A river at my garden's end, A terrace-walk, and half a rood Of land set out to plant a wood.
Seite 207 - Form ; a firm yet cautious Mind ; Sincere, tho" prudent; conftant, yet refign'd: Honour unchang'd, a Principle profeft, Fix'd to one fide, but...
Seite 177 - Helen thy Bridgewater vie, And these be sung till Granville's Myra die: Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but preserv'st a face, and I a name.
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| Titel | The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Band 6 The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Alexander Pope |
| Autor/in | Alexander Pope |
| Veröffentlicht | 1754 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Sept. 2006 |
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