The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... defign , 21 And pour new new Lufire on the glowing Line , Yet deign to hear the efforts of a Muse , 25 Whofe cye , not wing , his ardent flight purfues : Intent from this great Archetype to draw SATIRE'S bright Form , and fix her equal ...
... defign , 21 And pour new new Lufire on the glowing Line , Yet deign to hear the efforts of a Muse , 25 Whofe cye , not wing , his ardent flight purfues : Intent from this great Archetype to draw SATIRE'S bright Form , and fix her equal ...
Page xviii
... defign invades And carries off the captive King - of Spades ! Let SATIRE here in milder vigour fhine , And gayly graceful sport along the line ; Bid courtly fashion quit her thin pretence , And smile each Affectation into sense . 290 ...
... defign invades And carries off the captive King - of Spades ! Let SATIRE here in milder vigour fhine , And gayly graceful sport along the line ; Bid courtly fashion quit her thin pretence , And smile each Affectation into sense . 290 ...
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... Defign of Providence ; the Conftitution of the hu- man Mind ; the origin , ufe , and end of the Paffions and Af- fections , both felfifh and focial ; and the wrong purfuits of Happiness in Power , Pleafure , etc. The 10th , 11th , 12th ...
... Defign of Providence ; the Conftitution of the hu- man Mind ; the origin , ufe , and end of the Paffions and Af- fections , both felfifh and focial ; and the wrong purfuits of Happiness in Power , Pleafure , etc. The 10th , 11th , 12th ...
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... defign he wrote , viz . " To vindicate the ways of God to Man . ” The Men he writes against , he frequently informs us , are fuch as weigh their opinion against Providence , ( Ver . 114. ) fuch as cry , If Man's unhappy , God's unjust ...
... defign he wrote , viz . " To vindicate the ways of God to Man . ” The Men he writes against , he frequently informs us , are fuch as weigh their opinion against Providence , ( Ver . 114. ) fuch as cry , If Man's unhappy , God's unjust ...
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... defign , " Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? " Who knows , but he , whofe hand the light'ning forms , " Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the ftorms ; " Pours ficrce Ambition in a Caefar's mind , " Or turns young Ammon loofe to ...
... defign , " Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? " Who knows , but he , whofe hand the light'ning forms , " Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the ftorms ; " Pours ficrce Ambition in a Caefar's mind , " Or turns young Ammon loofe to ...
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