The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... fool lies hid in inconsistencies . 70 See the same man , in vigour , in the gout ; Alone , in company ; in place , or out ; Early at business , and at hazard late ; Mad at a fox - chase , wise at a debate ; Drunk at a borough , civil at ...
... fool lies hid in inconsistencies . 70 See the same man , in vigour , in the gout ; Alone , in company ; in place , or out ; Early at business , and at hazard late ; Mad at a fox - chase , wise at a debate ; Drunk at a borough , civil at ...
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... fool ? Know , God and Nature only are the same : In man , the judgment shoots at flying game ; A bird of passage ! gone as soon as found , Now in the moon , perhaps , now under ground . 90 95 II . In vain the sage , with retrospective ...
... fool ? Know , God and Nature only are the same : In man , the judgment shoots at flying game ; A bird of passage ! gone as soon as found , Now in the moon , perhaps , now under ground . 90 95 II . In vain the sage , with retrospective ...
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... fool consistent , and the false sincere ; Priests , princes , women , no dissemblers here . This clew once found ... fools must like him , or he dies : 15 [ In the first edition : - " J - n now shall tell ; " meaning perhaps Johnston the ...
... fool consistent , and the false sincere ; Priests , princes , women , no dissemblers here . This clew once found ... fools must like him , or he dies : 15 [ In the first edition : - " J - n now shall tell ; " meaning perhaps Johnston the ...
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... fool , with more of wit than half mankind , Too rash for thought , for action too refined ; A tyrant to the wife his heart approves ; 195 200 A rebel to the very king he loves ; He dies , sad outcast of each church and state , And ...
... fool , with more of wit than half mankind , Too rash for thought , for action too refined ; A tyrant to the wife his heart approves ; 195 200 A rebel to the very king he loves ; He dies , sad outcast of each church and state , And ...
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... fool to pleasure , yet a slave to fame : Now deep in Taylor and the Book of Martyrs , Now drinking citron with his grace and Chartres : Now conscience chills her , and now passion burns ; And atheism and religion take their turns ; A ...
... fool to pleasure , yet a slave to fame : Now deep in Taylor and the Book of Martyrs , Now drinking citron with his grace and Chartres : Now conscience chills her , and now passion burns ; And atheism and religion take their turns ; A ...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Ed by the Rev H F Cary Alexander Pope No preview available - 2006 |
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope;, Volume 4 Alexander Pope,Robert Carruthers No preview available - 2019 |
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