An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of dean Swift, written by himselfPrinted, & sold by the Booksellers of London & Westminster, 1736 - 32 من الصفحات |
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... Vice joined in our mixed Nature ; the Limits near , yet the Things Separate and evident . What is the Office of Reason ? 181 , & c . How odious Vice in itfelf , and how we deceive ourselves into it ? 200. That however , the Ends of ...
... Vice joined in our mixed Nature ; the Limits near , yet the Things Separate and evident . What is the Office of Reason ? 181 , & c . How odious Vice in itfelf , and how we deceive ourselves into it ? 200. That however , the Ends of ...
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... grows on Shame . Thus Nature gives us ( let us check our Pride ) The Virtue neareft to our Vice ally'd ; C 3 145 155 160 165 170 175 180 Realon Reafon the Byafs turns to Good from Ill , And Epift . II . ESSAY on MAN . 13.
... grows on Shame . Thus Nature gives us ( let us check our Pride ) The Virtue neareft to our Vice ally'd ; C 3 145 155 160 165 170 175 180 Realon Reafon the Byafs turns to Good from Ill , And Epift . II . ESSAY on MAN . 13.
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... Vice : 190 195 Fools ! who from hence into the Notion fall , That Vice or Virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , foften , and unite A thousand Ways , is there no black and white ? Afk your own Heart , and nothing is fo ...
... Vice : 190 195 Fools ! who from hence into the Notion fall , That Vice or Virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , foften , and unite A thousand Ways , is there no black and white ? Afk your own Heart , and nothing is fo ...
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... Vice . That happy Frailties to all Ranks apply'd , Shame to the Virgin , to the Matron Pride ; Fear to the Statefman , Rafhness to the Chief , To Kings Prefumption , and to Crowds Belief . That Virtue's Ends from Vanity can raise ...
... Vice . That happy Frailties to all Ranks apply'd , Shame to the Virgin , to the Matron Pride ; Fear to the Statefman , Rafhness to the Chief , To Kings Prefumption , and to Crowds Belief . That Virtue's Ends from Vanity can raise ...
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... Vice or Virtue , whether bleft or curst , 85 Which meets Contempt , or which Compaffion first ? Count all th ' Advantage profperous Vice attains , Tis but what Virtue flies from , and difdains ; And grant the Bad what Happiness they ...
... Vice or Virtue , whether bleft or curst , 85 Which meets Contempt , or which Compaffion first ? Count all th ' Advantage profperous Vice attains , Tis but what Virtue flies from , and difdains ; And grant the Bad what Happiness they ...
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abfurd Afpiring againſt alike Beaſt Becauſe beft Behold beſt Bleffing blefs'd bleft Blifs Bliſs Caufe Cauſe Courſe Creature Dean DEAN SWIFT Death Defire deſtroy diff'rent dy'd e'er Eafe Earth Eaſe EPISTLE eternal Ev'n ev'ry fame fave Fear ferves fhall fhould fince firft firſt fix'd foar fome Fool form'd Friend ftill fuch fupply gen'ral giv'n gives Gole Gout Happineſs happy Heav'n himſelf Hope Inftinct Int'reft Itfelf juft Juftice Kings Knave Laft laſt Learn'd lefs leſs Love Man's Mankind Mind moft moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's never o'er Paffion Pain pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r prefent Pride Profe Profpect raiſe Reafon reft reſtrain rife riſe Satyrs Self-Love Senfe ſerve ſhall Skreen Soul ſtill Syſtem taught thee thefe theſe thine Things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro Tyrant underſtood Univerſe Vice Virtue Wants Weakneſs Whate'er whofe Whole whoſe wife Wiſdom worfe 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.