An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author. Together with His MS. Additions and Variations as in the Last Edition of His Works. With the Notes of William, Lord Bishop of GloucesterA. Millar, and J. and R. Tonson, 1763 - 124 páginas |
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... Subject ; which , agreeable to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Enquiry into his Nature and End , his Paffions and Pursuits . The Exordium relates to the whole work , of which the Effay on Man was only the first book ...
... Subject ; which , agreeable to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Enquiry into his Nature and End , his Paffions and Pursuits . The Exordium relates to the whole work , of which the Effay on Man was only the first book ...
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... subjects of the books intended to follow , viz . the Characters and Capa- cities of Men , and the Limits of Science , which once tranfgreffed , ignorance begins , and error follows . The 13th and 24th , to the Knowledge of Mankind , and ...
... subjects of the books intended to follow , viz . the Characters and Capa- cities of Men , and the Limits of Science , which once tranfgreffed , ignorance begins , and error follows . The 13th and 24th , to the Knowledge of Mankind , and ...
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... Subject , compound them , follow her and God . VARIATIONS . After ver . 112. in the MS . The foft reward the virtuous , or invite ; The fierce , the vicious punish or affright . NOTES . 115 VER . 109. Nor God alone , & c . ] Thefe words ...
... Subject , compound them , follow her and God . VARIATIONS . After ver . 112. in the MS . The foft reward the virtuous , or invite ; The fierce , the vicious punish or affright . NOTES . 115 VER . 109. Nor God alone , & c . ] Thefe words ...
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... subject of the first epistle made the intro- duction to the second , fo here again , the conclufion of the second , ( Ev'n mean Self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others wants by thine , ) : maketh the ...
... subject of the first epistle made the intro- duction to the second , fo here again , the conclufion of the second , ( Ev'n mean Self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others wants by thine , ) : maketh the ...
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... Subjects made : She ' midft the lightning's blaze , and thunder's found , When rock'd the mountains , and when groan'd the ground , ་ ་ 250 She taught the weak to bend , the proud to pray , To Pow'r unseen , and mightier far than they ...
... Subjects made : She ' midft the lightning's blaze , and thunder's found , When rock'd the mountains , and when groan'd the ground , ་ ་ 250 She taught the weak to bend , the proud to pray , To Pow'r unseen , and mightier far than they ...
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abfurd againſt balance of Happiness beafts Beaſt becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs bliſs Catiline Caufe cauſe chufing conclufion confequence confifts creature defcribes earth Effay epiftle Eſſay Ev'n ev'ry Evil exprefs faid fame fays fecond fenfe ferves fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt folly fome fool form'd foul ftate ftill ftrength ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport fyftem gives greateſt Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf Hope human illuftration inftance int'reft itſelf juft juſt lefs leſs Lord Man's Manichæan Mankind mind moral moſt muft muſt natural evil Nature Nature's neceffary NOTES obfervation paffage Paffions perfect philofophic Plato pleaſure poet pow'rs prefent pride purpoſe Reaſon reft rife ruling Angels Self-love ſenſe ſmall ſphere ſpirit ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro truth Tyrant univerfal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue weakneſs whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom
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Página 101 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Página 32 - 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!
Página 121 - 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, oh teach my heart To find that better way.
Página 4 - 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.
Página 49 - 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?
Página 91 - 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.
Página 106 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Página 67 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Página 54 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 265 The poor contents him With the care of Heav'n.
Página 70 - 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.