An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of dean Swift, written by himself |
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... Head ? What if the Head , the Eye , or Ear , repin'd To ferve mere Engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd , for any Part to claim To be another , in this gen'ral Frame : Juft as abfurd to mourn the Tafks or Pains , That great ...
... Head ? What if the Head , the Eye , or Ear , repin'd To ferve mere Engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd , for any Part to claim To be another , in this gen'ral Frame : Juft as abfurd to mourn the Tafks or Pains , That great ...
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... Heads to imitate the Sun. Go teach eternal Wisdom how to rule ; Then drop into Thyfelf , and be a Fool ! Superior Beings , when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law , Admir'd fuch Wisdom in an earthly Shape , And fhow'd ...
... Heads to imitate the Sun. Go teach eternal Wisdom how to rule ; Then drop into Thyfelf , and be a Fool ! Superior Beings , when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law , Admir'd fuch Wisdom in an earthly Shape , And fhow'd ...
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... Head , As the Mind opens , and its Functions spread , Imagination plies her dang'rous Art , And pours it all upon the peccant Part . Nature is Mother , Habit is it's Nurse ; Wit , Spirit , Faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself ...
... Head , As the Mind opens , and its Functions spread , Imagination plies her dang'rous Art , And pours it all upon the peccant Part . Nature is Mother , Habit is it's Nurse ; Wit , Spirit , Faculties , but make it worse ; Reason itself ...
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... Head , or gen'rous Mind , Follow'r of God , or Friend of Human - kind , Poet or Patriot , rose , but to restore The Faith and Moral , Nature gave before ; Re - lumn'd her ancient Light , nor kindled new ; If not God's Image , yet his ...
... Head , or gen'rous Mind , Follow'r of God , or Friend of Human - kind , Poet or Patriot , rose , but to restore The Faith and Moral , Nature gave before ; Re - lumn'd her ancient Light , nor kindled new ; If not God's Image , yet his ...
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... Heads conceive ; Obvious her Goods , in no Extreme they dwell , There needs but thinking right , and meaning well ! 30 And mourn our various Portions as we please , Equal is common Senfe , and common Eafe . Remember Man ! " the ...
... Heads conceive ; Obvious her Goods , in no Extreme they dwell , There needs but thinking right , and meaning well ! 30 And mourn our various Portions as we please , Equal is common Senfe , and common Eafe . Remember Man ! " the ...
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abfurd Afpiring againſt alike Beaſt Becauſe beft Behold beſt Bleffing blefs'd bleft Blifs Bliſs Caufe Cauſe Courſe Creature Dean DEAN SWIFT Death Defire deſtroy diff'rent dy'd e'er Eafe Earth Eaſe EPISTLE eternal Ev'n ev'ry fame fave Fear ferves fhall fhould fince firft firſt fix'd foar fome Fool form'd Friend ftill fuch fupply gen'ral giv'n gives Gole Gout Happineſs happy Heav'n himſelf Hope Inftinct Int'reft Itfelf juft Juftice Kings Knave Laft laſt Learn'd lefs leſs Love Man's Mankind Mind moft moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's never o'er Paffion Pain pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r prefent Pride Profe Profpect raiſe Reafon reft reſtrain rife riſe Satyrs Self-Love Senfe ſerve ſhall Skreen Soul ſtill Syſtem taught thee thefe theſe thine Things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro Tyrant underſtood Univerſe Vice Virtue Wants Weakneſs Whate'er whofe Whole whoſe wife Wiſdom worfe World
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Page 9 - 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 30 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 10 - Created 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; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 27 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 28 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.
Page 2 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Page 10 - Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot: Or, meteor-like, flame lawless through the void, Destroying others, by himself destroy'd.
Page 27 - The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
Page 18 - Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 1 - 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.