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" And most contemptible to shun contempt; His passion still to covet general praise; His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty, which no friend has made; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind;... "
Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of ... - Page 259
by John Heneage Jesse - 1843
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...dies, fad outcaft of each church and ftate, And, harder ftiil ! flagitious, yet not great. z05 Aflc you why Wharton broke through every rule ? 'Twas all for fear the Knaves mould call him Fool. Nature well known, no prodigies remain, . . Comets are regular, and Wharton plain....
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...more of wit than half mankind, Too rash for thought, for action too refined: A tyrant to the wii'e his heart approves; A rebel to the very king he loves;...'Twas all for fear the knaves should call him fool Nature well known, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wharton plain. Yet, in this search,...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 46

English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...dies, fad outcaft of each church and ftate, And, harder ftill ! flagitious, yet not great. 205 Afk you why Wharton broke through every rule ? 'Twas all for fear the Knaves mould call him Fool. Nature well known, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wharton plain....
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 8

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...ยก He dies, fad outcaft of each church and ftate, And, harder dill ! flagitious, yet not great. Aflc you why Wharton broke through every rule ? 'Twas all for fear the knaves (hould call him fool. Nature well known, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wharton plain....
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...persuade ; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, Too rash for thought, for action too rerin'd ; A tyrant to the wife his heart approves ; A rebel...'Twas all for fear the knaves should call him fool. Nature well known, no prodigies remain ; Comets are regular, and Wharton plain. Yet in this search...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...persuade j A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, Too rash for thought, for action too refin'd ; A tyrant to the wife his heart approves ; A rebel...'Twas all for fear the knaves should call him fool. Nature well known, no prodigies remain : Comets are regular, and VVharton plain. Yet in this search...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, Too rash for thought, for action too refin'd : A tyrant to the wife his heart approves ; A rebel...*Twas all for fear the knaves should call him fool. Nature well known, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wlmrton plain. Yet, in this search,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...tyrant to the wife his heart approves ; A rebel to the very king he loves ; He dies, sad outcast bf each church and state, And, harder still ! flagitious,...'Twas all for fear the knaves should call him fool. Nature well known, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wharton plain. Yet, in this search,...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...outcast of each church and state, And, harder still ! flagitious, yet not great. Ask you why Wliorton broke through every rule ) Twas all for fear the knaves should call him fool, Nature well known, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wharton plain. Yet, in this search,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...outeast of each chorch and state, And harder still ! flagitious, yet nut great. Ask you why Wharton hroke through every rule ; 'Twas all for fear the knaves should call him fool. Natore well knowo, no prodigies remain, Comets are regular, and Wharton plain. Yet, in this seareh,...
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