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On its first publication Pope did not own it , and it was given by the public to Lord
Paget , Dr . Young , Dr . Desaguliers , and others . Even Swift seems to have
been deceived . There is a remarkable passage in one of his letters ; “ I confess I
did ...
On its first publication Pope did not own it , and it was given by the public to Lord
Paget , Dr . Young , Dr . Desaguliers , and others . Even Swift seems to have
been deceived . There is a remarkable passage in one of his letters ; “ I confess I
did ...
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But supposing the Author of Nature to be finitely perfect , though far exceeding
mankind , a satisfactory account may then be given of natural and moral evil , and
every untoward phenomenon be explained and adjusted . A less evil may then ...
But supposing the Author of Nature to be finitely perfect , though far exceeding
mankind , a satisfactory account may then be given of natural and moral evil , and
every untoward phenomenon be explained and adjusted . A less evil may then ...
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In the former editions , Now wears a garland an Egyptian God : altered as above
for the reason given in the note . NOTES . miseries of this present life , in order to
shew ( as many divines do in their discourses ) the absolute necessity of ...
In the former editions , Now wears a garland an Egyptian God : altered as above
for the reason given in the note . NOTES . miseries of this present life , in order to
shew ( as many divines do in their discourses ) the absolute necessity of ...
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with the example of the poor Indian , to whom also Nature hath given this
common HOPE of Mankind : but though his untutor ' d mind had betrayed him into
many childish fancies concerning the nature of that future state , yet he is so far
from ...
with the example of the poor Indian , to whom also Nature hath given this
common HOPE of Mankind : but though his untutor ' d mind had betrayed him into
many childish fancies concerning the nature of that future state , yet he is so far
from ...
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140 But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning suns when livid
deaths descend , NOTES . and the heavenly bodies lighted up principally for his
use ; yet , surely , it is very excusable to suppose fruits and minerals given for this
...
140 But errs not Nature from this gracious end , From burning suns when livid
deaths descend , NOTES . and the heavenly bodies lighted up principally for his
use ; yet , surely , it is very excusable to suppose fruits and minerals given for this
...
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Página 19 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Página 165 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heav'n pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, To enjoy is to obey.
Página 21 - Lo the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 166 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
Página 12 - 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? 20 Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, 'Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Página 22 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Página 164 - To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Página 35 - What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam : Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through the vernal wood ? The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line : In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew?
Página 200 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead — And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Página 209 - No Thought advances, but her Eddy Brain Whisks it about, and down it goes again. Full sixty years the World has been her Trade, The wisest Fool much Time has ever made. From loveless youth to unrespected age, No Passion gratify'd except her Rage.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen3 The Works of Alexander Pope, Alexander Pope |
| Autor | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | Joseph Warton |
| Ilustrado por | Joseph Warton |
| Editor | J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 25 Mayo 2007 |
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