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In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels fell , Aspiring ...
In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be angels , angels would be gods . Aspiring to be gods , if angels fell , Aspiring ...
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140 And now the chapel's silver bell you hear , That summons you to all the pride of prayer : Light quirks of music , broken and uneven , Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heaven . On painted ceilings you devoutly stare , Where sprawl ...
140 And now the chapel's silver bell you hear , That summons you to all the pride of prayer : Light quirks of music , broken and uneven , Make the soul dance upon a jig to Heaven . On painted ceilings you devoutly stare , Where sprawl ...
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Whoever examines with due circumspection into the Annual Records of Time will find it remarked , that war is the child of pride , and pride the daughter of riches . The former of which assertions may be soon granted , but one cannot so ...
Whoever examines with due circumspection into the Annual Records of Time will find it remarked , that war is the child of pride , and pride the daughter of riches . The former of which assertions may be soon granted , but one cannot so ...
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Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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| Title | The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical Essays |
| Editor | John L. Mahoney |
| Publisher | D. C. Heath, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0669023213, 9780669023213 |
| Length | 765 pages |
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