An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of dean Swift, written by himself |
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Breathes in our Soul , informs our mortal Part , As full , as perfect , in a Hair , as
Heart ; As full , as perfect in vile Man that mourns , As the rapt Seraphim that
sings and burns ; 270 To him no high , no low , no great , no small ; He fills , he
bounds ...
Breathes in our Soul , informs our mortal Part , As full , as perfect , in a Hair , as
Heart ; As full , as perfect in vile Man that mourns , As the rapt Seraphim that
sings and burns ; 270 To him no high , no low , no great , no small ; He fills , he
bounds ...
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... Soon flows to this , in Body and in Soul ; 130 Whatever warms the Heart , or fills
the Head , As the Mind opens , and its Functions spread , Imagination plies her
dang'rous Art , And pours it all upon the peccant Part . Nature is Mother , Habit is
...
... Soon flows to this , in Body and in Soul ; 130 Whatever warms the Heart , or fills
the Head , As the Mind opens , and its Functions spread , Imagination plies her
dang'rous Art , And pours it all upon the peccant Part . Nature is Mother , Habit is
...
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If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand Ways , is there no black
and white ? Ask your own Heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis to mistake them ,
costs the Time aud Pain . 200 Vice is a Monster of so frightful Mein , As , to be ...
If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand Ways , is there no black
and white ? Ask your own Heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis to mistake them ,
costs the Time aud Pain . 200 Vice is a Monster of so frightful Mein , As , to be ...
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What nothing early gives , or can destroy , The Soul's calm Sun - shine , and the
Heart - felt Joy , Is Virtues Prize : A better would you fix , And give Humility a
Coach and Six į Justice a Conq'rors Sword , or Truth a Gown , Or publick Spirit ,
its ...
What nothing early gives , or can destroy , The Soul's calm Sun - shine , and the
Heart - felt Joy , Is Virtues Prize : A better would you fix , And give Humility a
Coach and Six į Justice a Conq'rors Sword , or Truth a Gown , Or publick Spirit ,
its ...
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... better were resign'd , Is hung on high , to poison half Mankind . All Fame is
foreign , but of true Desert , Plays round the Head , but comes not to the Heart .
One 235 One self - approving Hour whole Years out - weighs 28 ESSAY on MAN
.
... better were resign'd , Is hung on high , to poison half Mankind . All Fame is
foreign , but of true Desert , Plays round the Head , but comes not to the Heart .
One 235 One self - approving Hour whole Years out - weighs 28 ESSAY on MAN
.
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alike Angels bear beſt better bleft Bleſſing Bliſs Body Cauſe common Content Creature dead Dean Death deſtroy Earth Eaſe equal eternal ev'ry Faith fall Fame Fear feel firſt Fool Forms Friend ftill future gain gen'ral gives Government grows half Happineſs happy Head Heart Heav'n himſelf Hope human Individuals Inſtinct Judge Juſt Kind Kings Laws leſs living Lord Love Man's Mankind Mind moral moſt muft muſt Name Nature Nature's never o'er Order Pain Paſſions perfect Place pleaſe Pleaſure Point Poor Pow'r Preſent Pride Principle proper Providence Reaſon reſt riſe ſame ſee Self-Love Senſe ſerves ſhall ſhould ſome Soul ſtill ſuch Syſtem taught tell thee theſe Things thinks thoſe thou thought thro true Truth turns Uſe Vice View Virtue Wants weak Whole whoſe Wife wiſe wiſh World
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الصفحة 9 - With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, 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 reas'ning but to err...
الصفحة 30 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
الصفحة 10 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
الصفحة 27 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
الصفحة 28 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.
الصفحة 2 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
الصفحة 10 - Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot: Or, meteor-like, flame lawless through the void, Destroying others, by himself destroy'd.
الصفحة 27 - The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
الصفحة 18 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
الصفحة 1 - 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.