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... fame , and natural abilities . Only virtue is self - sufficient , yet it is not selfish : essentially it manifests itself as benevolence , the " charity " of St. Paul . After a nicely turned compliment to Bolingbroke , Pope summarizes ...
... fame , and natural abilities . Only virtue is self - sufficient , yet it is not selfish : essentially it manifests itself as benevolence , the " charity " of St. Paul . After a nicely turned compliment to Bolingbroke , Pope summarizes ...
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... Fame ? a fancied life in others ' breath , A thing beyond us , ev'n before our death . Just what you hear , you have ... Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As Justice tears his body from the grave , 250 When what t ...
... Fame ? a fancied life in others ' breath , A thing beyond us , ev'n before our death . Just what you hear , you have ... Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As Justice tears his body from the grave , 250 When what t ...
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... fame E'er taught to shine , or sanctified from shame ! What greater bliss attends their close of life ? Some greedy minion , or imperious wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , 300 And haunt their slumbers in the pompous ...
... fame E'er taught to shine , or sanctified from shame ! What greater bliss attends their close of life ? Some greedy minion , or imperious wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , 300 And haunt their slumbers in the pompous ...
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