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Even though separated from Whigs like Addison and Steele , he was clearly a man of enormous power and influence at this time ; but after the death of Anne and the collapse of the Tory government in 1714 , he was immediately under ...
Even though separated from Whigs like Addison and Steele , he was clearly a man of enormous power and influence at this time ; but after the death of Anne and the collapse of the Tory government in 1714 , he was immediately under ...
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Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain , These goods he grants , who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find ...
Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain , These goods he grants , who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find ...
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hypocrite , or that his principles were not firm , because his practice was not uniformly conformable to what he professed . my charity ; and make the death of thy Son JESUS CHRIst effectual to my redemption .
hypocrite , or that his principles were not firm , because his practice was not uniformly conformable to what he professed . my charity ; and make the death of thy Son JESUS CHRIst effectual to my redemption .
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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