The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2J. Balfour, 1764 - English essays |
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... bliss , he gives not . thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy bleffing now .. Hope fprings eternal in the human breast . Man never Is , but always To be bleft : The foul , uneafy , and confin'd at home ,. Refts and expatiates in a ...
... bliss , he gives not . thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy bleffing now .. Hope fprings eternal in the human breast . Man never Is , but always To be bleft : The foul , uneafy , and confin'd at home ,. Refts and expatiates in a ...
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... , to which we all afpire , Wing'd with strong hope , and borne by full defire ; That ease , for which in want , in wealth , we figh ; That cafe , for which we labour and we die . 20 Some place the bliss in action , some in ease.
... , to which we all afpire , Wing'd with strong hope , and borne by full defire ; That ease , for which in want , in wealth , we figh ; That cafe , for which we labour and we die . 20 Some place the bliss in action , some in ease.
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Alexander Pope. Some place the bliss in action , some in ease , Those call it Pleasure , and Contentment these ; Some funk to Beafts , find pleasure end in pain ; Some fwell'd to Gods , confefs ev'n Virtue vain ; Or indolent , to each ...
Alexander Pope. Some place the bliss in action , some in ease , Those call it Pleasure , and Contentment these ; Some funk to Beafts , find pleasure end in pain ; Some fwell'd to Gods , confefs ev'n Virtue vain ; Or indolent , to each ...
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... bliss can know , But touches fome above , and fome below ; Learns , from this union of the rifing Whole , 331 335 ... bliss that fills up all the mind . 340 He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone 345 Hope of known blifs , and Faith in ...
... bliss can know , But touches fome above , and fome below ; Learns , from this union of the rifing Whole , 331 335 ... bliss that fills up all the mind . 340 He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone 345 Hope of known blifs , and Faith in ...
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... Bliss below ; And all our Knowledge is , OURSELVES TO KNOW . VER , 397. That Virtue only , etc. ] in the MS . thus , That just to find a God is all we can , And all the study of Mankind is Man . [ 67 THE Univerfal Prayer . DEO OPT . MA ...
... Bliss below ; And all our Knowledge is , OURSELVES TO KNOW . VER , 397. That Virtue only , etc. ] in the MS . thus , That just to find a God is all we can , And all the study of Mankind is Man . [ 67 THE Univerfal Prayer . DEO OPT . MA ...
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