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Prefumptuous man ! the reason would'st thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little and fo blind ? First if thou can'ft the harder reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his ...
Prefumptuous man ! the reason would'st thou find , Why form'd fo weak , fo little and fo blind ? First if thou can'ft the harder reafon guefs , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less * . VOLTAIRE , in the late additions to his ...
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The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to - day , Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand juft rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image ...
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to - day , Had he thy reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the laft , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand juft rais'd to shed his blood + . The tenderness of this ftriking image ...
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For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the ufe , were finer optics giv'n , T ' infpect a mite , not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ‡ ?
For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the ufe , were finer optics giv'n , T ' infpect a mite , not comprehend the heav'n ? Or touch , if tremblingly alive all o'er , To smart and agonize at ev'ry pore ‡ ?
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It was a favourite subject with our author ; and it is faid , he intended to have written four epiftles on it , wherein he would have treated of the extent and limits of human reason , of arts and sciences useful and attainable , of the ...
It was a favourite subject with our author ; and it is faid , he intended to have written four epiftles on it , wherein he would have treated of the extent and limits of human reason , of arts and sciences useful and attainable , of the ...
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Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means be fair , Lift under reason and deserve her care ; Thofe , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take fome virtue's name * . WE find an obfcurity in these lines , arifing ...
Paffions , tho ' selfish , if their means be fair , Lift under reason and deserve her care ; Thofe , that imparted , court a nobler aim , Exalt their kind , and take fome virtue's name * . WE find an obfcurity in these lines , arifing ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
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