The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... reft profound , 5 ( Unconscious Britain ! ) flumbers o'er her wound . Exulting Dulness ey'd the setting Light , And flapp'd her wing , impatient for the Night : Rouz'd at the fignal , Guilt collects her train , And counts the Triumphs ...
... reft profound , 5 ( Unconscious Britain ! ) flumbers o'er her wound . Exulting Dulness ey'd the setting Light , And flapp'd her wing , impatient for the Night : Rouz'd at the fignal , Guilt collects her train , And counts the Triumphs ...
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... d , We seek our Virtues in each other's breaft ; Blind to ourselves , adopt each foreign Vice , Another's weakness , int'reft , or caprice . 65 70 Each Fool to low Ambition , poorly great , A 4 Part I. vii ESSAY ON SATIRE .
... d , We seek our Virtues in each other's breaft ; Blind to ourselves , adopt each foreign Vice , Another's weakness , int'reft , or caprice . 65 70 Each Fool to low Ambition , poorly great , A 4 Part I. vii ESSAY ON SATIRE .
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... fequence is , that our reasonings on his nature and end muft needs be very imperfect . 66 " " Thro ' worlds unnumber'd tho ' the God be known C 3 EP . I. 5 ESSAY ON MA N. You mourn: but BRITAIN, lull'd in reft profound,
... fequence is , that our reasonings on his nature and end muft needs be very imperfect . 66 " " Thro ' worlds unnumber'd tho ' the God be known C 3 EP . I. 5 ESSAY ON MA N. You mourn: but BRITAIN, lull'd in reft profound,
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... reft fubmiffive and content ; and own every thing to be difpofed for the beft ; that to think of difcovering the manner how God conducts this wonder- ful fcheme to its completion , is as abfurd as to imagine that the horfe and ox fhall ...
... reft fubmiffive and content ; and own every thing to be difpofed for the beft ; that to think of difcovering the manner how God conducts this wonder- ful fcheme to its completion , is as abfurd as to imagine that the horfe and ox fhall ...
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... Reft . Ep . ii . Therefore , instead of regarding the conflict of the ele- ments , and the Paffions of the mind as diforders , you ought to confider them as part of the general order of Pro- vidence : And that they are so , appears from ...
... Reft . Ep . ii . Therefore , instead of regarding the conflict of the ele- ments , and the Paffions of the mind as diforders , you ought to confider them as part of the general order of Pro- vidence : And that they are so , appears from ...
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