The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Essay on man. Moral essays. An essay on satireJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... though fixty years old at the time , he evidently writes con amore . He married the niece of Madame de Maintenon , after the death of his firft wife . Of 10 A Wild , where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous fhoot 12 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... though fixty years old at the time , he evidently writes con amore . He married the niece of Madame de Maintenon , after the death of his firft wife . Of 10 A Wild , where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous fhoot 12 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... Death of a Favourite Cat , it was printed , “ What cat's a foe to fish ? " when the strongest proof of it was this very ode . It was altered to " What cat's averse to fifh ? " but it is bad enough still . I mention this to shew that the ...
... Death of a Favourite Cat , it was printed , “ What cat's a foe to fish ? " when the strongest proof of it was this very ode . It was altered to " What cat's averse to fifh ? " but it is bad enough still . I mention this to shew that the ...
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... death been opened unto thee , and haft thou feen the doors of the fhadow of death ? Haft thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? Declare , if thou knoweft it all ! VER . 33. Is the great chain , that draws all to agree ? ] I fhould ...
... death been opened unto thee , and haft thou feen the doors of the fhadow of death ? Haft thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? Declare , if thou knoweft it all ! VER . 33. Is the great chain , that draws all to agree ? ] I fhould ...
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... Death ; and God adore . What COMMENTARY . VER . 91. Hope humbly then ; & c . ] But now an Objector is fup- pofed to put in , and fay , " You tell us , indeed , that all things shall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves furrounded ...
... Death ; and God adore . What COMMENTARY . VER . 91. Hope humbly then ; & c . ] But now an Objector is fup- pofed to put in , and fay , " You tell us , indeed , that all things shall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves furrounded ...
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... death . If I am to die , I shall die , and I will die like a Man ; but if He will have me live , I shall live . Though I had ever fo He can destroy them all . Q. How do you know that ? : many enemies , A. From what I have feen . When ...
... death . If I am to die , I shall die , and I will die like a Man ; but if He will have me live , I shall live . Though I had ever fo He can destroy them all . Q. How do you know that ? : many enemies , A. From what I have feen . When ...
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Page 56 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 52 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; 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 seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 64 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: 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...
Page 147 - 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...
Page 247 - I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the Rainbow, trick her off in Air ; Choose a firm Cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.
Page 48 - To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another in this...
Page 105 - 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.
Page 306 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain.
Page 15 - 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.
Page 65 - 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!