The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , Sprung the rank weed , and thrived with large increase : When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at council , never in a war : Jilts ruled the state ...
... sure as impotence in love . In the fat age of pleasure , wealth , and ease , Sprung the rank weed , and thrived with large increase : When love was all an easy monarch's care ; Seldom at council , never in a war : Jilts ruled the state ...
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... Sure never to o'ershoot , but just to hit ; While still too wide or short is human wit ; Sure by quick nature happiness to gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , reason never long ; One must go right ...
... Sure never to o'ershoot , but just to hit ; While still too wide or short is human wit ; Sure by quick nature happiness to gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain . This too serves always , reason never long ; One must go right ...
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... sure to lead him out of his way , and sure to engulf him in the mire . It has some malignant power over his mind , and its fascina- tions are irresistible . Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition , whether he be en ...
... sure to lead him out of his way , and sure to engulf him in the mire . It has some malignant power over his mind , and its fascina- tions are irresistible . Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition , whether he be en ...
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Alexander Pope | 15 |
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