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51 . The same man utterly different in different places and seasens , v . 71 .
Unimaginable weakness in the greatest , v , 77 , & c . Nothing constant and
certain but God and Nature , v . 95 . No judging of the motives from the actions ;
the same ...
51 . The same man utterly different in different places and seasens , v . 71 .
Unimaginable weakness in the greatest , v , 77 , & c . Nothing constant and
certain but God and Nature , v . 95 . No judging of the motives from the actions ;
the same ...
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That robe of quality so struts and swells , None see what parts of Nature it
conceals : 190 Th ' exactest traits of body or of mind , We owe to models of an
humble kind . If Queensberry to strip there ' s no compelling , ' Tis from a
handmaid we ...
That robe of quality so struts and swells , None see what parts of Nature it
conceals : 190 Th ' exactest traits of body or of mind , We owe to models of an
humble kind . If Queensberry to strip there ' s no compelling , ' Tis from a
handmaid we ...
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But I , who think more highly of our kind , ( And surely Heav ' n and I are of a mind
) Opine , that Nature , as in duty bound , Deep hid the shining mischief under
ground ; 10 But when by man ' s audacious labor won , Flam ' d forth this rival too
...
But I , who think more highly of our kind , ( And surely Heav ' n and I are of a mind
) Opine , that Nature , as in duty bound , Deep hid the shining mischief under
ground ; 10 But when by man ' s audacious labor won , Flam ' d forth this rival too
...
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hen enter a troop of people fantastically adorned , offering er strange and exotic
presents : amongst them , one stands orth and demands justice on another , who
had deprived him f one of the greatest curiosities in Nature ; but he justifies ...
hen enter a troop of people fantastically adorned , offering er strange and exotic
presents : amongst them , one stands orth and demands justice on another , who
had deprived him f one of the greatest curiosities in Nature ; but he justifies ...
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And reason downward , till we doubt of God : Make Nature still encroach upon his
plan , And shove him off as far as e ' er we can : Thrust some mechanic cause
into his place , 475 Or bind in matter , or diffuse in space : Or , at one bound o ' er
...
And reason downward , till we doubt of God : Make Nature still encroach upon his
plan , And shove him off as far as e ' er we can : Thrust some mechanic cause
into his place , 475 Or bind in matter , or diffuse in space : Or , at one bound o ' er
...
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Página 134 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 127 - A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross?
Página 134 - Dreading e'en fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying...
Página 133 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 138 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Página 128 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Página 38 - Who sees pale Mammon pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor; This year a reservoir, to keep and spare : The next, a fountain, spouting through his heir, In lavish streams to quench a country's thirst, And men and dogs shall drink him till they burst.
Página 127 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 131 - And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
Página 172 - Conspicuous scene ! another yet is nigh, (More silent far) where kings and poets lie ; Where MURRAY (long enough, his country's pride) Shall be no more than TULLY, or than HYDE ! Rack'd with sciatics,.