Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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Page iii
... Folly and Vice ought to be chaf- tifed , 269. The Variety of Style and Manner which thefe two Subjects require , 277. The Praife of Virtue may be admitted with Propriety , 315. Caution with regard to Panegyrick , & 329. The Dignity of ...
... Folly and Vice ought to be chaf- tifed , 269. The Variety of Style and Manner which thefe two Subjects require , 277. The Praife of Virtue may be admitted with Propriety , 315. Caution with regard to Panegyrick , & 329. The Dignity of ...
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... folly only wife , Rejects the Manna sent him from the Skies : With rapture hears corrupted Paffion's call , Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful fhadow tempts his view , He for the imag'd Substance quits the ...
... folly only wife , Rejects the Manna sent him from the Skies : With rapture hears corrupted Paffion's call , Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful fhadow tempts his view , He for the imag'd Substance quits the ...
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... folly not their own ! Meanly by fashionable fear oppress'd , We feek our Virtues in each other's breaft ; Blind to ourselves , adopt each foreign Vice , Another's weakness , int'rest , or caprice . Each Fool to low Ambition , poorly ...
... folly not their own ! Meanly by fashionable fear oppress'd , We feek our Virtues in each other's breaft ; Blind to ourselves , adopt each foreign Vice , Another's weakness , int'rest , or caprice . Each Fool to low Ambition , poorly ...
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... Folly's felf is still , And Dulness wonders while fhe drops her quill . Like the arm'd BEE , with art moft fubtly true , From poys'nous Vice the draws a healing dew : Weak are the ties that civil arts can find , To quell the ferment of ...
... Folly's felf is still , And Dulness wonders while fhe drops her quill . Like the arm'd BEE , with art moft fubtly true , From poys'nous Vice the draws a healing dew : Weak are the ties that civil arts can find , To quell the ferment of ...
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... Folly take their natural shapes , Turns Ducheffes to ftrumpets , Beaux to apes ; Drags the vile Whisp'rer from his dark abode , Till all the Dæmon starts up from the toad . 140 O fordid maxim , form'd to fcreen the vile , That true good ...
... Folly take their natural shapes , Turns Ducheffes to ftrumpets , Beaux to apes ; Drags the vile Whisp'rer from his dark abode , Till all the Dæmon starts up from the toad . 140 O fordid maxim , form'd to fcreen the vile , That true good ...
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