The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... extreme , with a paffion as ridiculous as that is impious , envies , as what would be ad- vantages to himself , even the peculiar accommodations of brutes . But here his own falfe principles expofe the folly of his NOTES . VER . 174 ...
... extreme , with a paffion as ridiculous as that is impious , envies , as what would be ad- vantages to himself , even the peculiar accommodations of brutes . But here his own falfe principles expofe the folly of his NOTES . VER . 174 ...
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... extreme , The mole's dim curtain , and the lynx's beam : Of NOTES . of this as a real object - If NATURE thunder'd , etc. The cafe is different where ( in Ver . 253. ) he speaks of the motion of the heavenly bodies , under the fublime ...
... extreme , The mole's dim curtain , and the lynx's beam : Of NOTES . of this as a real object - If NATURE thunder'd , etc. The cafe is different where ( in Ver . 253. ) he speaks of the motion of the heavenly bodies , under the fublime ...
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... extreme , while you only fend NOTES . VER . 3. Plac'd on this ifhmus , etc. ] As the Poet hath given us this fublime defcription of Man for the very contrary pur- pofe to what Sceptics are wont to employ such kind of paint- ings ...
... extreme , while you only fend NOTES . VER . 3. Plac'd on this ifhmus , etc. ] As the Poet hath given us this fublime defcription of Man for the very contrary pur- pofe to what Sceptics are wont to employ such kind of paint- ings ...
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... Extreme of Vice , etc. ] But it is not only that extreme of Vice which stands next to Virtue , which betrays us into these mistakes . We are deceived too , as he fhews us ( from Ver . 220 to 231. ) by our obfervations oncerning the ...
... Extreme of Vice , etc. ] But it is not only that extreme of Vice which stands next to Virtue , which betrays us into these mistakes . We are deceived too , as he fhews us ( from Ver . 220 to 231. ) by our obfervations oncerning the ...
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... extreme , but all in the degree ; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wife ; And ev❜n the best , by fits , what they despise . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ; For , Vice or Virtue , Self directs it ftill ; Each individual ...
... extreme , but all in the degree ; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wife ; And ev❜n the best , by fits , what they despise . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ; For , Vice or Virtue , Self directs it ftill ; Each individual ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs caufe cauſe character COMMENTARY conclufion confequence confifts defcribed defign Effay epiftle ev'ry expreffion faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe ferve fhall fhews fhould fince firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem gives happineſs happy hath Heav'n higheſt himſelf human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laft lefs Man's Mankind mind miſtake moft moral evil moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion perfon philofophic Plato pleaſure Poet Poet's pow'r praiſe prefent pride principle purpoſe racter raiſe reafon reft Religion rife ruling Angels ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall ſtate ſtill Tafle Tafte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand Tranflator true truth univerfal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife