The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... follow . Confe- quently these Epiftles in their progrefs ( if I have health and leisure to make any progress ) will be lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the ...
... follow . Confe- quently these Epiftles in their progrefs ( if I have health and leisure to make any progress ) will be lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the ...
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... follow the blind guidance of their paffions ; or those who leave behind them common fenfe and fober reason , in their high flights through the regions of Metaphyfics . Both which follies are expofed in the fourth epiftle , where the ...
... follow the blind guidance of their paffions ; or those who leave behind them common fenfe and fober reason , in their high flights through the regions of Metaphyfics . Both which follies are expofed in the fourth epiftle , where the ...
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... follow from his having his fenfations in that exquifite degree , in which this or the other animal is observed to poffefs them . NOTES . VER . 182. Here with degrees of fwiftnefs , etc. ] It is a cer- tain axiom in the anatomy of ...
... follow from his having his fenfations in that exquifite degree , in which this or the other animal is observed to poffefs them . NOTES . VER . 182. Here with degrees of fwiftnefs , etc. ] It is a cer- tain axiom in the anatomy of ...
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... follow'rs trod , 25 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 rule- Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! Superior ...
... follow'rs trod , 25 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 rule- Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! Superior ...
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... follows , as the Poet obferves ( from Ver . 80 to 93. ) that both confpire to one end , namely , hu- man happiness , though they be not equally expert in the choice of the means ; the difference being this , that the first haftily ...
... follows , as the Poet obferves ( from Ver . 80 to 93. ) that both confpire to one end , namely , hu- man happiness , though they be not equally expert in the choice of the means ; the difference being this , that the first haftily ...
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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