The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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... ev'n at life's expence ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike , find reason on their side . The ' eternal art educing good from ill , Grafts 14 Epist . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
... ev'n at life's expence ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike , find reason on their side . The ' eternal art educing good from ill , Grafts 14 Epist . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
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... Ev'n avarice prudence , sloth philosophy ; Lust , through some certain strainers well refin'd , Is gentle love , and charms all womankind ; Envy , to which the ' ignoble mind's a slave , Is emulation in the learn'd or brave ; Nor virtue ...
... Ev'n avarice prudence , sloth philosophy ; Lust , through some certain strainers well refin'd , Is gentle love , and charms all womankind ; Envy , to which the ' ignoble mind's a slave , Is emulation in the learn'd or brave ; Nor virtue ...
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... Ev'n those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . Virtuous and vicious every man must be , Few in the ' extreme ...
... Ev'n those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . Virtuous and vicious every man must be , Few in the ' extreme ...
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... Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess one comfort still must rise ; " Tis this , -Though man's a fool , yet God is wise . Of the Nature and State of Man with ...
... Ev'n mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess one comfort still must rise ; " Tis this , -Though man's a fool , yet God is wise . Of the Nature and State of Man with ...
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... Ev'n kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursued , And found the private in the public good . " Twas then the studious head , or generous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human - kind ...
... Ev'n kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursued , And found the private in the public good . " Twas then the studious head , or generous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human - kind ...
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