The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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Page 7
... half - reas'ning elephant , with thine ! Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier ! For ever separate , yet for ever near ! Remembrance and reflection how allied ; What thin partitions sense from thought divide ! And middle natures ...
... half - reas'ning elephant , with thine ! Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier ! For ever separate , yet for ever near ! Remembrance and reflection how allied ; What thin partitions sense from thought divide ! And middle natures ...
Page 10
... half to rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd ; EPISTLE II .
... half to rise , and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd ; EPISTLE II .
Page 17
... half by reason , half by mere decay , To welcome death , and calmly pass away . Whate'er the passion , knowledge , fame , or pelf , Not one will change his neighbour with himself . The learn'd is happy nature to explore , The fool is ...
... half by reason , half by mere decay , To welcome death , and calmly pass away . Whate'er the passion , knowledge , fame , or pelf , Not one will change his neighbour with himself . The learn'd is happy nature to explore , The fool is ...
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... half that live the butcher and the tomb ; Who , foe to nature , hears the general groan , Murders their species , and betrays his own . But just disease to luxury succeeds , And every death its own avenger breeds ; The fury - passions ...
... half that live the butcher and the tomb ; Who , foe to nature , hears the general groan , Murders their species , and betrays his own . But just disease to luxury succeeds , And every death its own avenger breeds ; The fury - passions ...
Page 28
... would more obtain , Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain . Order is Heav'n's first law ; and , this confest , Some are and must be greater than the rest , More rich , more wise : but who infers from 28 Epist . IV . ESSAY ON MAN .
... would more obtain , Shall find the pleasure pays not half the pain . Order is Heav'n's first law ; and , this confest , Some are and must be greater than the rest , More rich , more wise : but who infers from 28 Epist . IV . ESSAY ON MAN .
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