The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... mean for empty praise of wit to write , 175 As Foplings grin to fhew their teeth are white : To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or madly blaze unknown defects , is vile : ' Tis doubly vile , when , but to prove your art , You fix ...
... mean for empty praise of wit to write , 175 As Foplings grin to fhew their teeth are white : To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or madly blaze unknown defects , is vile : ' Tis doubly vile , when , but to prove your art , You fix ...
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... means be fair , Lift under Reason , and deferve her care ; Thofe , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take fome Virtue's name . In lazy Apathy let Stoics boaft Their Virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a frost ...
... means be fair , Lift under Reason , and deferve her care ; Thofe , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take fome Virtue's name . In lazy Apathy let Stoics boaft Their Virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a frost ...
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... ; In folly's cup ftill laughs the bubble , joy ; One profpect loft , another still we gain ; And not a vanity is giv'n in vain ; 270 275 280 285 290 Ev'n mean Self - love becomes , by force divine Ev'n 52 S. POPE'S POEM.
... ; In folly's cup ftill laughs the bubble , joy ; One profpect loft , another still we gain ; And not a vanity is giv'n in vain ; 270 275 280 285 290 Ev'n mean Self - love becomes , by force divine Ev'n 52 S. POPE'S POEM.
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Samuel Johnson. Ev'n mean Self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; ' Tis this , Though Man's a fool , yet GOD IS WISE . E 3 ARGUMENT ARGUMENT ...
Samuel Johnson. Ev'n mean Self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; ' Tis this , Though Man's a fool , yet GOD IS WISE . E 3 ARGUMENT ARGUMENT ...
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... means proportion'd to their end . Say , where full Instinct is th ' unerring guide , What Pope or Council can they need befide ? Reason , however able , cool at best , Cares not for fervice , or but ferves when preft , Stays till we ...
... means proportion'd to their end . Say , where full Instinct is th ' unerring guide , What Pope or Council can they need befide ? Reason , however able , cool at best , Cares not for fervice , or but ferves when preft , Stays till we ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aetas againſt Aſk atque Balaam beſt Biſhop bleffing bleft bluſh breaſt Cæfar cauſe charms Court Dæmon eafe eaſe EPISTLE ev'n eyes fame fate fave fhall fhould fibi fince fing firſt foft Folly fome fool foul ftill ftrong fuch fure grace Happineſs heart Heaven himſelf honeft honour Houſe juft juſt King Knave laft laſt learn'd lefs leſs loft Lord lov'd ludicra mankind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Nature ne'er numbers nunc o'er Paffion paſs paſt pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poet praiſe pride purſue quae quid quod Reaſon reft reſt rife riſe Sappho Satire ſay ſcarce ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſmile ſome ſpread ſtate ſtill Taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi truſt Truth Twas uſe VARIATION Verfe verſe Vice Virtue whofe whoſe wife worfe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 41 - 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 29 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Seite 39 - 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...
Seite 77 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Seite 50 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Seite 156 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 60 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Seite 64 - For nature knew no right divine in men ; No ill could fear in God, and understood A...
Seite 69 - 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 56 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.