The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volume 31754 |
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Page vii
... ftill imperious NATURE plies her part ; And ftill her Dictates work in ev'ry heart . Each Pow'r that fov'reign Nature bids enjoy , Man may corrupt , but Man can ne'er destroy . Like mighty rivers , with refiftlefs force The Paffions ...
... ftill imperious NATURE plies her part ; And ftill her Dictates work in ev'ry heart . Each Pow'r that fov'reign Nature bids enjoy , Man may corrupt , but Man can ne'er destroy . Like mighty rivers , with refiftlefs force The Paffions ...
Page xi
... ftill must wear a smile ! In frowns array'd her beauties ftronger rife , When love of Virtue wakes her fcorn of Vice : Where Juftice calls , ' tis Cruelty to fave ; And ' tis the Law's good - nature hangs the Knave . Who combats ...
... ftill must wear a smile ! In frowns array'd her beauties ftronger rife , When love of Virtue wakes her fcorn of Vice : Where Juftice calls , ' tis Cruelty to fave ; And ' tis the Law's good - nature hangs the Knave . Who combats ...
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... ftill is aiming at the bleft abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Afpiring to be Gods , if Angels fell , Afpiring to be Angels , Men rebel : VARIATIONS . After 108. in the firft Edition ; But does he say the maker is ...
... ftill is aiming at the bleft abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Afpiring to be Gods , if Angels fell , Afpiring to be Angels , Men rebel : VARIATIONS . After 108. in the firft Edition ; But does he say the maker is ...
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... ftill ufe , to Reafon ftill attend . Attention , habit and experience gains ; 70 75 Each ftrengthens Reason , and Self - love reftrains . 80 Let fubtle fchoolmen teach thefe friends to fight , More ftudious to divide than to unite ; And ...
... ftill ufe , to Reafon ftill attend . Attention , habit and experience gains ; 70 75 Each ftrengthens Reason , and Self - love reftrains . 80 Let fubtle fchoolmen teach thefe friends to fight , More ftudious to divide than to unite ; And ...
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... ftill calm we find , 105 He mounts the ftorm , and walks upon the wind . 110 Paffions , like elements , tho ' born to fight , Yet , mix'd and foften'd , in his work unite : VARIATIONS . After 108. in the MS . A tedious Voyage ! where ...
... ftill calm we find , 105 He mounts the ftorm , and walks upon the wind . 110 Paffions , like elements , tho ' born to fight , Yet , mix'd and foften'd , in his work unite : VARIATIONS . After 108. in the MS . A tedious Voyage ! where ...
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Page 16 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 53 - Twin'd with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 3 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 18 - With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
Page 29 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain.
Page 60 - tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent ; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content.
Page 63 - Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood, Go! and pretend your family is young; Nor own your fathers have been fools so long. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.
Page 140 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain.
Page 3 - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 154 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.