The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2J. Balfour, 1764 - English essays |
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Page 54
... taste them , as they worse obtain . Say , in purfuit of profit or delight , ; 71 75 81 . 85 Who risks the moft , that take wrong means , or right ? Of Vice or Virtue , whether bleft or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion ...
... taste them , as they worse obtain . Say , in purfuit of profit or delight , ; 71 75 81 . 85 Who risks the moft , that take wrong means , or right ? Of Vice or Virtue , whether bleft or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion ...
Page 63
... tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only Merit conftant pay receives , Is bleft in what it takes , and what it gives ; The joy unequal'd , if its end it gain , And if it lofe , attended with no pain : 315 Without fatiety ...
... tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only Merit conftant pay receives , Is bleft in what it takes , and what it gives ; The joy unequal'd , if its end it gain , And if it lofe , attended with no pain : 315 Without fatiety ...
Page 91
... Taste rèfin'd , Th ' Addrefs , the Delicacy - ftoops at once , And makes her hearty meal upon a Dunce . 85 Flavia's a Wit , has too much fense to pray ; To toaft our wants and wifhes , is her way ; Nor afks of God , but of her Stars ...
... Taste rèfin'd , Th ' Addrefs , the Delicacy - ftoops at once , And makes her hearty meal upon a Dunce . 85 Flavia's a Wit , has too much fense to pray ; To toaft our wants and wifhes , is her way ; Nor afks of God , but of her Stars ...
Page 99
... taste of Follies , with our Scorn of Fools : Referve with Franknefs , Art with Truth ally'd , Courage with Softnefs , Modefty with Pride ; Fix'd Principles , with Fancy ever new ; Shakes all together , and produces - You . Be this a ...
... taste of Follies , with our Scorn of Fools : Referve with Franknefs , Art with Truth ally'd , Courage with Softnefs , Modefty with Pride ; Fix'd Principles , with Fancy ever new ; Shakes all together , and produces - You . Be this a ...
Page 118
... ridi - cules the wretched taste of carving large perriwigs on busto's , of which there are feveral vile examples in the tombs at Westmin- fter , and elsewhere . 300 In the worst inn's worst Room , with mat 118 MORAL ESSAY S. Er . III .
... ridi - cules the wretched taste of carving large perriwigs on busto's , of which there are feveral vile examples in the tombs at Westmin- fter , and elsewhere . 300 In the worst inn's worst Room , with mat 118 MORAL ESSAY S. Er . III .
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