The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... mind as moss.1 That each from other differs , first confess ; Next , that he varies from himself no less ; Add ... minds ? On human actions reason though you can , It may be reason , but it is not man : His principle of action once ...
... mind as moss.1 That each from other differs , first confess ; Next , that he varies from himself no less ; Add ... minds ? On human actions reason though you can , It may be reason , but it is not man : His principle of action once ...
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... mind : Or puzzling contraries confound the whole ; 65 Or affectations quite reverse the soul . The dull , flat falsehood serves for policy ; And , in the cunning , truth itself's a lie : Unthought - of frailties cheat us in the wise ...
... mind : Or puzzling contraries confound the whole ; 65 Or affectations quite reverse the soul . The dull , flat falsehood serves for policy ; And , in the cunning , truth itself's a lie : Unthought - of frailties cheat us in the wise ...
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... mind , Perhaps was sick , in love , or had not dined . Ask why from Britain Cæsar would retreat ? Cæsar himself might whisper he was beat . Why risk the world's great empire for a punk ? 14 Cæsar perhaps might answer , he was drunk ...
... mind , Perhaps was sick , in love , or had not dined . Ask why from Britain Cæsar would retreat ? Cæsar himself might whisper he was beat . Why risk the world's great empire for a punk ? 14 Cæsar perhaps might answer , he was drunk ...
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... mind , Just as the twig is bent , the tree's inclined . Boastful and rough , your first son is a squire ; The next a tradesman , meek , and much a liar : Tom struts a soldier , open , bold , and brave ; Will sneaks a scrivener , an ...
... mind , Just as the twig is bent , the tree's inclined . Boastful and rough , your first son is a squire ; The next a tradesman , meek , and much a liar : Tom struts a soldier , open , bold , and brave ; Will sneaks a scrivener , an ...
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... mind of what the author has said in his Imitation of Horace : - " Publish the present age ; but , where the text Is vice too high , reserve it for the next ! ' " Accordingly the characters of Philomedé , Atossa , and Chloe , were added ...
... mind of what the author has said in his Imitation of Horace : - " Publish the present age ; but , where the text Is vice too high , reserve it for the next ! ' " Accordingly the characters of Philomedé , Atossa , and Chloe , were added ...
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