The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Volume 31812 |
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... exalted to what state he wou'd : Himself alone high heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy when he will , and where ? VOL . III . D 100 105 IIO But But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His EP . I. 17 ESSAY ON MAN .
... exalted to what state he wou'd : Himself alone high heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy when he will , and where ? VOL . III . D 100 105 IIO But But thinks , admitted to that equal sky , His EP . I. 17 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... happy in its own : Is heav'n unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , 185 Be pleas'd with nothing , if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) Is not to act or think ...
... happy in its own : Is heav'n unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , 185 Be pleas'd with nothing , if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) Is not to act or think ...
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... happy frailties to all ranks apply'd ; Shame to the virgin , to the.matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief , To kings presumption , and to crowds belief : That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no ...
... happy frailties to all ranks apply'd ; Shame to the virgin , to the.matron pride , Fear to the statesman , rashness to the chief , To kings presumption , and to crowds belief : That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no ...
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... happy nature to explore , The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n , " The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a ...
... happy nature to explore , The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n , " The poor contents him with the care of Heav'n . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a ...
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... happy without Virtue : Instanced in Riches , ver . 183 . ver . 191. Nobility , ver . 203. Greatness , ver . 215. Fame , ver . 235. Superior Talents , ver . 257 , & c . With pictures of human Infelicity in Men possessed of them all , ver ...
... happy without Virtue : Instanced in Riches , ver . 183 . ver . 191. Nobility , ver . 203. Greatness , ver . 215. Fame , ver . 235. Superior Talents , ver . 257 , & c . With pictures of human Infelicity in Men possessed of them all , ver ...
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Page 13 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Page 18 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 18 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 16 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Page 17 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 244 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Page 131 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Page 24 - Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 164 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 67 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.