The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... nature and of art , And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; Grown all to all , from no one vice exempt , And most contemptible , to shun contempt ; His passion still , to covet general praise , His life , to forfeit it a thousand ways ...
... nature and of art , And wanting nothing but an honest heart ; Grown all to all , from no one vice exempt , And most contemptible , to shun contempt ; His passion still , to covet general praise , His life , to forfeit it a thousand ways ...
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... Nature ends as she begins . Old politicians chew on wisdom past , And totter on in business to the last ; As weak , as earnest , and as gravely out , As sober Lanesborough dancing in the gout.19 Behold a reverend sire , whom want of ...
... Nature ends as she begins . Old politicians chew on wisdom past , And totter on in business to the last ; As weak , as earnest , and as gravely out , As sober Lanesborough dancing in the gout.19 Behold a reverend sire , whom want of ...
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... nature we indulge , as well for her ends as our pleasure . A cardinal , in his way of pleasure , would have been a ... natural foundation falls in better with your subject than any of our natural wants , which in some degree we cannot ...
... nature we indulge , as well for her ends as our pleasure . A cardinal , in his way of pleasure , would have been a ... natural foundation falls in better with your subject than any of our natural wants , which in some degree we cannot ...
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... nature , tolerably mild , 7 To make a wash , would hardly stew a child ; Has e'en been proved to grant a lover's prayer , And paid a tradesman once , to make him stare ; Gave alms at Easter , in a Christian trim , And made a widow happy ...
... nature , tolerably mild , 7 To make a wash , would hardly stew a child ; Has e'en been proved to grant a lover's prayer , And paid a tradesman once , to make him stare ; Gave alms at Easter , in a Christian trim , And made a widow happy ...
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... Nature in her then err'd not , but forgot . 14 After ver . 148 , in the MS . : - " This death decides , not lets the blessing fall On any one she hates , but on them all . Cursed chance ! this only could afflict her more , If any part ...
... Nature in her then err'd not , but forgot . 14 After ver . 148 , in the MS . : - " This death decides , not lets the blessing fall On any one she hates , but on them all . Cursed chance ! this only could afflict her more , If any part ...
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