The Works of Alexander Pope: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 5C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... folly and caprice ; That disappoints th ' effect of every vice . " -Ep . ii . ver . 237 . And thus , " th ' eternal art educing good from ill , " is constantly employed , not only in counterbalancing the effects of evil by an equal ...
... folly and caprice ; That disappoints th ' effect of every vice . " -Ep . ii . ver . 237 . And thus , " th ' eternal art educing good from ill , " is constantly employed , not only in counterbalancing the effects of evil by an equal ...
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... Folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can ; 15 10 But vindicate the ways of God to Man . NOTES . Ver . 12. Of all who blindly creep , & c . ] i . e . Those who only ...
... Folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be candid where we can ; 15 10 But vindicate the ways of God to Man . NOTES . Ver . 12. Of all who blindly creep , & c . ] i . e . Those who only ...
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... folly and impiety of pretending to pry into , and call in question , the profound dispensations of Providence : which reproof contains ( from ver . 22 to 43 ) a sublime description of the omniscience of God , and the miserable blindness ...
... folly and impiety of pretending to pry into , and call in question , the profound dispensations of Providence : which reproof contains ( from ver . 22 to 43 ) a sublime description of the omniscience of God , and the miserable blindness ...
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... folly . Your folly , says the Poet to his complainers , is as great , though not so evident , because the reason is more out of sight ; but that a reason there is , may be demonstrated VOL . V. D 45 Where all must full or not coherent ...
... folly . Your folly , says the Poet to his complainers , is as great , though not so evident , because the reason is more out of sight ; but that a reason there is , may be demonstrated VOL . V. D 45 Where all must full or not coherent ...
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... folly of thinking every thing made solely for the use of Man , without the least regard to any other of the creatures of God . " Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine , " & c . The ridicule of imagining the greater portions of the ...
... folly of thinking every thing made solely for the use of Man , without the least regard to any other of the creatures of God . " Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine , " & c . The ridicule of imagining the greater portions of the ...
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