An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author. Together with His MS. Additions and Variations as in the Last Edition of His Works. With the Notes of William, Lord Bishop of Gloucester |
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... most compaffionate , on fome occafions , to re- ftrain their mirth : And that human crimes are fo flagitious , that the most candid have seldom an opportunity , on this fubject , to exercise their virtue . VER . 19 , 20 , Of Man , what ...
... most compaffionate , on fome occafions , to re- ftrain their mirth : And that human crimes are fo flagitious , that the most candid have seldom an opportunity , on this fubject , to exercise their virtue . VER . 19 , 20 , Of Man , what ...
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... most extravagant and fenseless inferences ; fuch as the unreality of matter ; the reality of fpace ; the fervility of the will , & c . The reafon of this fudden fall out of full light into utter darkness appears not to refult from the ...
... most extravagant and fenseless inferences ; fuch as the unreality of matter ; the reality of fpace ; the fervility of the will , & c . The reafon of this fudden fall out of full light into utter darkness appears not to refult from the ...
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... most fublime imagery that po- etry could conceive or paint . For the author is here only fhewing the providential iffue of the Paffions , and how , by God's gracious difpofition , they are turned away from their natural bias , to ...
... most fublime imagery that po- etry could conceive or paint . For the author is here only fhewing the providential iffue of the Paffions , and how , by God's gracious difpofition , they are turned away from their natural bias , to ...
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... most controul ? His , who would fave a Six - pence or his foul ? Web for his health , a Chartreux for his Sin , Contend they not which sconest shall grow thin ? What we refolve , we can : but here's the fault , We ne'er refolve to do ...
... most controul ? His , who would fave a Six - pence or his foul ? Web for his health , a Chartreux for his Sin , Contend they not which sconest shall grow thin ? What we refolve , we can : but here's the fault , We ne'er refolve to do ...
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... most be present , if we preach or pray . NOTES . On mutual wants built mutual happiness . 5 It was neceffary to explain these two firft lines , the better to fee the pertinency and force of what followeth , where the poet warns fuch to ...
... most be present , if we preach or pray . NOTES . On mutual wants built mutual happiness . 5 It was neceffary to explain these two firft lines , the better to fee the pertinency and force of what followeth , where the poet warns fuch to ...
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Page 60 - 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.
Page 68 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 25 - 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 91 - But mutual wants this happiness increase, All nature's difference keeps all nature's peace. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing, Bliss is the same in subject or in king; In who obtain defence, or who defend, In him who is, or him who finds a friend : Heaven breathes through every member of the whole One common blessing as one common soul.
Page 49 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Page 67 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Page 70 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 119 - By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill; And binding Nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Page 31 - 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 88 - 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. Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere; 'Tis no where to be found, or ev'ry where ; 'Tis never to be bought, but always free ; And, fled from monarchs, St.