Traduction de L'Essai sur l'homme de Pope en vers français précédée d'un discours et suivie de notes avec le texte anglais en regardLe Normand, 1822 |
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Alexander Pope. Respecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to all . In human works , though labour'd on with pain , A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain ; In God's , one single can its end produce ...
Alexander Pope. Respecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to all . In human works , though labour'd on with pain , A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain ; In God's , one single can its end produce ...
Page 84
... right is , to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That never passion discompos'd the mind . But all subsists by elemental strife ; And ...
... right is , to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear , Were there all harmony , all virtue here ; That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That never passion discompos'd the mind . But all subsists by elemental strife ; And ...
Page 96
... ; 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 , Il agit dans nos corps , dans nos âmes il 96 EPISTLE I.
... ; 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 , Il agit dans nos corps , dans nos âmes il 96 EPISTLE I.
Page 130
... right . Virtuous and vicious ev'ry Man must be , Few in th ' extreme , but all in the degree ; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise ; And ev'n the best , by fits , what they despise . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ...
... right . Virtuous and vicious ev'ry Man must be , Few in th ' extreme , but all in the degree ; The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise ; And ev'n the best , by fits , what they despise . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ...
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... Wit ; Sure by quick Nature happiness to gain , Which heavier Reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , Reason never long ; One must go right , the other may go wrong . Toi seul prévois la tienne ; et , pour te 156 EPISTLE III .
... Wit ; Sure by quick Nature happiness to gain , Which heavier Reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , Reason never long ; One must go right , the other may go wrong . Toi seul prévois la tienne ; et , pour te 156 EPISTLE III .
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