The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 31806 |
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... lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than advanced the theory , of Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Effay has any merit , it is in fteering betwixt the ...
... lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than advanced the theory , of Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Effay has any merit , it is in fteering betwixt the ...
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... lefs dry , and more susceptible of poetical ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clear- ing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to obferve their effects , may be a task more ...
... lefs dry , and more susceptible of poetical ornament . I am here only opening the fountains , and clear- ing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to obferve their effects , may be a task more ...
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... lefs and cumbersome , and for this reason condemn the frame and despise the architect ? O my friend ; let us not thus betray our ignorance ; but confider where we are , and in what universe . Think of the many parts of the vaft machine ...
... lefs and cumbersome , and for this reason condemn the frame and despise the architect ? O my friend ; let us not thus betray our ignorance ; but confider where we are , and in what universe . Think of the many parts of the vaft machine ...
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... lefs ? Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are lefs than Jove ? NOTES . 35 40 Of " Haft thou entered into the fprings of ...
... lefs ? Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's Satellites are lefs than Jove ? NOTES . 35 40 Of " Haft thou entered into the fprings of ...
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... lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . " Yet , though we be unable to difcover the particular reafons for this mode of our existence , we may be affured in general that it is right . For now , entering upon ...
... lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . " Yet , though we be unable to difcover the particular reafons for this mode of our existence , we may be affured in general that it is right . For now , entering upon ...
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abfurd againſt anſwer Author beauty becauſe beſt bleffing Cæfar caufe cauſe character COMMENTARY confequence confifts defign deſcribed Effay Epiftle ev'ry evil expreffion faid falſe fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fhall fhews fince firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem give greateſt Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf honour human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juſt laft laſt lefs Lord Lord Hervey Lordship Lucretius mankind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary NOTES obferved occafion paffage perfon Philofopher Plato pleaſe pleaſure Poet Pope pow'r praiſe prefent pride publiſhed purpoſe racters raiſe Reaſon refpect Ruling Paffion Sappho ſays ſee Self-love Senfe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeaks ſtate ſtill ſuch ſyſtem Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth univerſal uſe verfe verſe Vice Virtue WARBURTON WARTON whofe whole whoſe wiſdom
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Page 341 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 65 - 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 48 - Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! —oh madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX.
Page 56 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 50 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 115 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Page 87 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain.
Page 119 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 152 - But mutual wants this happiness increase, All nature's difference keeps all nature's peace. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing, Bliss is the same in subject or in king; In who obtain defence, or who defend, In him who is, or him who finds a friend : Heaven breathes through every member of the whole One common blessing as one common soul.
Page 21 - When the proud steed shall know why man restrains His fiery course, or drives him o'er the plains; When the dull ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's god: Then shall man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions', passions', being's use and end; Why doing, sufFring, check'd, impell'd; and why This hour a slave, the next a deity.