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" Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order... "
Moral essays - Page 28
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of ...

Alexander Pope - 1736 - 64 pages
...A1! this dread ORDER break---For whom ? For thee ! Vile Worm !— O Madnefs ! Pride ! Impiety ! 250 What if the Foot, ordain'd the Duft to tread, Or Hand to toil, afpir'd to be the Head ? What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear, repin'd To ferve mere Engines to the ruling Mind ? Juft as abfurd,...
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A Critical and philosophical Commentay on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man. In which ...

William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...would make in our Frame, if the Members were fct upon invading each other's Office: What if the Poor, ordain'd the Duft to tread, Or Hand to toil, afpir'd to be the Head? &c. Juft as abfurd, for any Part to claim To be another in this gen'ral Frame : Juft as abfurd, to...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...hurl'd, Being on Being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod, 255 And Nature trembles to the throne of God. All this...tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? 260 NOTEs. verb alludes to the motion of the planetary bodies of each fyftem ; and to the figures defcribed...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 274 pages
...hurl'd, Being on Being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod, 255 And Nature trembles to the throne of God. All this...tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? 260 , NOTE s. verb alludes to the motion of the planetary bodies of each fyftem j and to the figures defcribed...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 378 pages
...hurl'd, Being on Being wreck'd, and world on world j Heav'ns whole foundations to their centre nod, 255 And Nature trembles to the throne of God. All this dread ORDER break — for whom f for thee ? Vile worm ! — oh Madnefs ! Pride ! Impiety ! IX. What if the foot, ordain'd the duft...
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Essai sur l'homme: poëme philosophique par Alexandre Pope, en cinq langues ...

Alexander Pope - 1762 - 370 pages
...wreck'd , and world on world ; Heav'ns whole foundations to their centre nod , 255 And Nature tremble to the throne of God. All this dread ORDER break —...to tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head? 26» Juft as abfurd, to mourn the tasks or pains, 26$ The great directing MIND of all ordains. All...
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The art of poetry on a new plan, illustrated with a great variety of ...

Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...beautifully reprefents the extravagance, madnefs, and pride, of man's defuing to be other than what he is. What if the foot, ordain'd the duft to tread, Or hand to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To ferve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Juft as abfurd...
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Essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - 1762 - 160 pages
...wreck' d, and world on world > Heav'n's whole foundations to their Centre nod , And Nature tremble, to the throne of God! All this dread ORDER break ! — For whom ? for thee , Vile Worm! — 0 Madnefs! Pride! Impiety WHAT if the foot, ordain 'd the duß to tread, Or hand to toil, afpir'd...
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The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of ...

John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pages
...extravagance, madnefs, and pride, of man's defiring to be other than what he is. What if the foot, ordain' J the duft to tread, Or hand to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd To fefve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Juft as abfurd...
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An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author ...

Alexander Pope - 1763 - 150 pages
...hurl'd, Being on Being wreck'd, and world on- world ; Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod, 255 And Nature trembles to the throne of God. All this...Pride! Impiety! IX. What if the foot, ordain'd the duftto tread, Or hand, to toil, afpir'd to be the head ? 260 What if the head, the eye, or ear repin'd...
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