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... and peeps not from its hole , At half mankind when generous Manly : raves , All know ' tis virtue , for he thinks them knaves : When universal homage Umbra4 pays , All see ' tis vice , and itch of vulgar praise .
... and peeps not from its hole , At half mankind when generous Manly : raves , All know ' tis virtue , for he thinks them knaves : When universal homage Umbra4 pays , All see ' tis vice , and itch of vulgar praise .
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Never , ore or since , was the low vice of avarice united to such transcendant talents as in the case of Marlborough ; and it is to be regretted , that Pope did not anatomise his character in the style of Atticus or Atossa .
Never , ore or since , was the low vice of avarice united to such transcendant talents as in the case of Marlborough ; and it is to be regretted , that Pope did not anatomise his character in the style of Atticus or Atossa .
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The alteration , as Warton says , is for the worse , because drunkenness was not a vice of Cæsar's , and , indeed , could not co - exist with his ambition and energy of character . ] 150 155 160 We prize the stronger effort of his 8 ...
The alteration , as Warton says , is for the worse , because drunkenness was not a vice of Cæsar's , and , indeed , could not co - exist with his ambition and energy of character . ] 150 155 160 We prize the stronger effort of his 8 ...
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Thus with each gift of nature and of art , And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; Grown all to all , from no one vice exempt , And most contemptible , to shun contempt ; His passion still , to covet general praise , His life ...
Thus with each gift of nature and of art , And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; Grown all to all , from no one vice exempt , And most contemptible , to shun contempt ; His passion still , to covet general praise , His life ...
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215 220 225 In this the lust , in that the avarice , Were means , not ends ; ambition was the vice . That very Cæsar born in Scipio's days , Had aim'd , like him , by chastity , at praise . Lucullus , when frugality could charm ...
215 220 225 In this the lust , in that the avarice , Were means , not ends ; ambition was the vice . That very Cæsar born in Scipio's days , Had aim'd , like him , by chastity , at praise . Lucullus , when frugality could charm ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Robert Carruthers |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | Robert Carruthers |
| Publisher | Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 9, 2010 |
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