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" Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love, to urge, and reason, to restrain; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill. "
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq - Page 326
by William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - Anecdotes - 1795 - 594 pages
...where the wicked ceafe from troubling, and where the weary are at reft. The different Offices of Rtqfon AND SELF-LOVE. . TWO Principles in human nature reign;...move or govern all: And to their proper operation ftill, Afcribeall Good, to their improper 111. Self-love, the fpring of motion, acts the foul; Reafon's...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 1

Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1795 - 608 pages
...: The different Offices of Reafori '" f!j AND . / . t .i '.. , i| SELF-LOVE. TWO Principles inhuman nature reign; .. Self-love, to urge, and Reafon, to...move or govern all: And to their proper operation ftill, Afcribe all Good, to their improper 111. , Self-love, the fpring of motion, afts the foul; ,...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...times to come! ¿-II. Two principles in human nature reign; Self-love to urge, and reafon, toreftrain ; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, ••Each...move or govern all ; And to their proper operation (till, Afcribe all good, to their improper ill. Self-love, the fprmg of motion, aas the foul; Rcafon's...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...nature reign j Self-love to urge, and Rcalbn to rcftrain : Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call; Kach works its end, to move or govern all : And to their proper operation fliil Afcribc all Good ; to their improper, 111. Self-love, the fprin" of motion, aits the foul j Rcafon's...
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Poems, Moral, Elegant and Pathetic: Vis. Essay on Man

1796 - 246 pages
...arts; Then fee how little the remaining fum, Which ferv'd the paft, and muft the times to come ! II. Two principles in human nature reign ; Self-love, to urge, and reafon, to reftrain ; C 3 Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works its end, to move or govern all : And to their...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 384 pages
...; 50 Then fee how little the remaining fum, Which ferv'd the paft, and muft the times to come ! IL Two Principles in human nature reign ; Self-love, to urge, and Reafon, to reftrain ; Nor KOTE S. VER. 49. Expunge the wbole, or lop th' cxerejccnt parts Of all our Vices have created Arts...
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...times to come. 2. Two principles in human nature reign, Self-love, to urge, and reason, to restrain ; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works...move or govern all : And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good, to their improper, ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...nature reign, Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain ; Nor this a good nor that a bad we call, 55 Each works its end to move or govern all, And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good, to their improper ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...SELF-LOVE. (POPE,) Two Principles in human nature reign ; Self-love, to urge, and Reason, to restrain ; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, Each works...move or govern all : And to their proper operation, still Ascribe all Good, to their improper, 111. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul ; Reason's...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Essay on man. Moral essays. An essay on satire

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...ambition, effeminacy, &c. WARBURTON. • Hutchefun's N»ture and Conduft of the Partions, p. 179. • n. Two Principles in human nature reign ; Self-love,...reftrain ; Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call, 55 Each works its end, to move or govern all : And to their proper operation ftill, Afcribe all Good...
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