 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1733 - 26 pages
...See ! fome fit Paffion ev'ry Age fupply, Hope travels-thro', nor quits us when we die. . 'Till then, ^Opinion gilds with varying rays Thofe painted Clouds...of Happinefs by Hope fupply'd, And each Vacuity of Senfe by Pride. Thefe build up all that Knowledge can deftroy ; In Folly's Cup {till laughs the Bubble,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1736 - 64 pages
...fome fit PaJJion ev'ry Age fupply, Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. 260 'Till then, Opinion gilds with varying Rays Thofe painted Clouds that beautify our Days ; Each Want 0"f Happinefs by Hope fupply'd, And each Vacuity of Senfe by Pride. Thefe build up all that Knowledge... | |
 | William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...this is his third general Divifion: h Commentaire, p. 206. H2 — Of in: on ioo ^COMMENTARY on — Opinion gilds with varying Rays Thofe painted Clouds...of Happinefs by Hope fupply'd, And each Vacuity of Senfe by Pride. Thefe build as faft as Knowledge can deftroy : In Folly's Cup ftill laughs the Bubble... | |
 | William Ayre, Edmund Curll - Poets, English - 1745 - 426 pages
...more innocent of thofe Detefions which he fpeaks of in the fecond Epiftle, where he fays: 'Till then, Opinion gilds with varying Rays Thofe painted Clouds, that beautify our Days, &c. L. 265. Having thus prov'd how empty and unfatisfa&ory . all thefe greateft external Goods, are,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble ftill, as that before ; 281 'Till tir'd he fleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er....our days ; Each want of happinefs by Hope fupply'd, 285 And each vacuity of fenfe by Pride : NOTEs. VER. 280. And beads and pray1 'r-baoks are the toys... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...And beads and pray'r-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble ftill, as that before ; 281 'Till tir'd he fleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er....days ; , Each want of happinefs by Hope fupply'd, 285 And each vacuity of fenfe by Pride : NOTEs. VER. 280. And beads | tuity of fenfe by Pride : ] and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pages
...to make the real miferies of life lefs infupportable : And this is his third general divifion : — Opinion gilds -with varying rays Thofe painted clouds that beautify our days, &c. One profpeŁt loft, another J}ill we gain ; • And not a vanity is giv'n in vain. Which muft needs... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...with which he Jet out. Ep. II. ESSAY ON MAN. tfi Pleas'd with this bauble ftill, as that before; 28 1 Till tir'd he fleeps, and Life's poor play is o'er....varying rays Thofe painted clouds that beautify our daysj Each want of happinefs by Hope fupply'd, 285 And each vacuity of fenfe by Pride : Thefe build... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 238 pages
...when he publifted his laft Edition of the Efiay, he referved the lines above for fome following one. Mean-while Opinion gilds with varying rays Thofe painted clouds that beautify our days j Each want of happinefs by Hope fupply'd, 285 And each vacuity of fenfe by Pride : Thefe build as... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 234 pages
...Scarfs, garters, gqld, amufe his riper ftage, And beads and pray'r books are the toys of age: 280 Pleas'd with this bauble ftill, as that before ; 'Till tir'd...with varying rays Thofe painted clouds that beautify pur days ; Each want of happinefs by Hppe fupply'd, 385 And each vacuity of fenfe by Pride : cf another,... | |
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