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For , after all , if merely to beguile , Frompt his endeavour and engage his aim , Debas'd to servile purposes of pride , How are the pow'rs of genius misapplied ! 725 730 740 Stamp'd on the well - bound quarto , grace the shelf ...
For , after all , if merely to beguile , Frompt his endeavour and engage his aim , Debas'd to servile purposes of pride , How are the pow'rs of genius misapplied ! 725 730 740 Stamp'd on the well - bound quarto , grace the shelf ...
الصفحة 43
... Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refin'd ; Hence all that interferes , and dares to clash With indolence and luxury , is trash : While learning , once the man's exclusive pride , Seems verging fast towards the female side .
... Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refin'd ; Hence all that interferes , and dares to clash With indolence and luxury , is trash : While learning , once the man's exclusive pride , Seems verging fast towards the female side .
الصفحة 46
... In vain the slave of arrogance and pride , He has no hearing on the prudent side . His still - refuted quirks he still repeats ; New - rais'd objections with new quibbles meets ; Till , sinking in the quicksand he defends , He dies ...
... In vain the slave of arrogance and pride , He has no hearing on the prudent side . His still - refuted quirks he still repeats ; New - rais'd objections with new quibbles meets ; Till , sinking in the quicksand he defends , He dies ...
الصفحة 50
Twas his ambition to be seen of men ; 56 His virtues were his pride ; and that one vice Made all his virtues gewgaws of no price ; He wore thein as fine trappings for a show , A praying , synagogue - frequenting beau .
Twas his ambition to be seen of men ; 56 His virtues were his pride ; and that one vice Made all his virtues gewgaws of no price ; He wore thein as fine trappings for a show , A praying , synagogue - frequenting beau .
الصفحة 52
The truth , is , ( if the truth may suit your ear And prejudice have left a passage clear , ) Pride has attain'd its most luxuriant growth , And poison'd ev'ry virtue in them both . Pride may be pamper'd while the flesh grows lean ...
The truth , is , ( if the truth may suit your ear And prejudice have left a passage clear , ) Pride has attain'd its most luxuriant growth , And poison'd ev'ry virtue in them both . Pride may be pamper'd while the flesh grows lean ...
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