An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of dean Swift, written by himselfPrinted, & sold by the Booksellers of London & Westminster, 1736 - 32 pages |
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... they be Subjected these to those , or all to thee ? The Pow'rs of all fubdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy Reason all thofe Pow'rs in one ? 215 220 See , See , thro ' this Air , this Ocean , 6 Epift . I. ESSAY on MAN .
... they be Subjected these to those , or all to thee ? The Pow'rs of all fubdu'd by thee alone , Is not thy Reason all thofe Pow'rs in one ? 215 220 See , See , thro ' this Air , this Ocean , 6 Epift . I. ESSAY on MAN .
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... Thofe that imparted , court a nobler Aim , Exalt their Kind , and take fome Virtue's Name . In lazy Apathy , let Stoics boast A 90 : Their Virtue fix'd , ' tis fix'd as in a Froft , Contracted all , retiring to the Breaft ; But Strength ...
... Thofe that imparted , court a nobler Aim , Exalt their Kind , and take fome Virtue's Name . In lazy Apathy , let Stoics boast A 90 : Their Virtue fix'd , ' tis fix'd as in a Froft , Contracted all , retiring to the Breaft ; But Strength ...
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... thofe Loves , thofe Int'refts to refign . Taught half by Reason , half by mere Decay , To welcome Death , and calmly pass away . 230 235 240 245 Whate'er the Paffion , Knowledge , Fame , or Pelf , Not one will change his Neighbour with ...
... thofe Loves , thofe Int'refts to refign . Taught half by Reason , half by mere Decay , To welcome Death , and calmly pass away . 230 235 240 245 Whate'er the Paffion , Knowledge , Fame , or Pelf , Not one will change his Neighbour with ...
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... thofe can conquer , theie can cheat , ' Tis Phrafe abfurd , to call a Villain great . Who wickedly is wife , or madly brave , Is but the more a Fool , the more a Knave . Who noble Ends , by noble Means obtains , Or failing , fmiles in ...
... thofe can conquer , theie can cheat , ' Tis Phrafe abfurd , to call a Villain great . Who wickedly is wife , or madly brave , Is but the more a Fool , the more a Knave . Who noble Ends , by noble Means obtains , Or failing , fmiles in ...
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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.