The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2G. Bell, 1896 |
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... sense I ran , Nor wished an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and remote the joys of saints I see ; Nor envy them that heaven I lose for thee . How oft , when pressed to marriage , have I said , 70 75 Curse on all laws but those which love ...
... sense I ran , Nor wished an angel whom I loved a man . Dim and remote the joys of saints I see ; Nor envy them that heaven I lose for thee . How oft , when pressed to marriage , have I said , 70 75 Curse on all laws but those which love ...
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... sense , And love the offender , yet detest the offence ? How the dear object from the crime remove , Or how distinguish penitence from love ? Unequal task ! a passion to resign , 195 For hearts so touched , so pierced , so lost as mine ...
... sense , And love the offender , yet detest the offence ? How the dear object from the crime remove , Or how distinguish penitence from love ? Unequal task ! a passion to resign , 195 For hearts so touched , so pierced , so lost as mine ...
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... sense , instinct , thought , reflection , reason ; that reason alone counter- vails all the other faculties , ver . 207. VIII . How much further this order and subordination of living creatures may extend , above and below us ; were any ...
... sense , instinct , thought , reflection , reason ; that reason alone counter- vails all the other faculties , ver . 207. VIII . How much further this order and subordination of living creatures may extend , above and below us ; were any ...
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... sense , Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; 120 Call imperfection what thou fanciest such , 115 Say , Here He gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , If man's unhappy , God's unjust ...
... sense , Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; 120 Call imperfection what thou fanciest such , 115 Say , Here He gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , If man's unhappy , God's unjust ...
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... sense so subtly true From poisonous herbs extracts the healing dew ? How instinct varies in the grovelling swine , 221 Compared , half - reasoning elephant , with thine ! ' Twixt that and reason , what a nice barrier ! For ever separate ...
... sense so subtly true From poisonous herbs extracts the healing dew ? How instinct varies in the grovelling swine , 221 Compared , half - reasoning elephant , with thine ! ' Twixt that and reason , what a nice barrier ! For ever separate ...
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