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" 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 to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert... "
The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the ... - Page 18
by Alexander Pope - 1812
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Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ...

1817 - 314 pages
...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...the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause, Pope. WISDOM PROCLAIMING A PROVIDENCE TO MAK. Review them and adore ! Hear the loud voice Of Wisdom...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...frugal, could commit Such disproportions, with superfluous hand So many nobler bodies to create. MILTON. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine ? Earth for whose use ? Pride answers, ' 'tis for mine : suns to light me rise, My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.' POPB. But do these worlds display...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1817 - 290 pages
...error lies; AH quit their sphere, aid i USD into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abode«, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if augf Is telï, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel : And who but wishes 10 invert the laws Of ОКОБК,...
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An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John Lord Bolinbroke. To which ...

Alexander Pope - 1820 - 80 pages
...into the skit-*. Pride still u aiming at the blest abodes, Hen would be angels, angels would be godt. Aspiring to be gods, 'if angels fell. Aspiring to...angels, men rebel; And who but wishes to invert the laws Or order, sins against the Eternal Cause. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Barth for whose...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...errour lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, s place ascending, A victor people free from servile yoke ! And with my help thou may'st ; IK angels, men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause....
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...error lies; All quit the sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring...the laws Of ORDER, sins against th* ETERNAL CAUSE. POPE. SECTION X. Selfishness Reproved. HAS God, thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good, Thy joy, thy...
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L'essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - 1821 - 252 pages
...lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bles'd abodes, Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods. Aspiring...the laws Of ORDER , sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine ," Eàrth for whose use? Pride answers, « "lis for mine...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 5

John Aikin - 1821 - 402 pages
...errour 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...the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers, " Tis for mine...
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Traduction de l'essai sur l'homme de Pope: en vers français, précédée d'un ...

Alexander Pope - 1821 - 268 pages
...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...but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER, sins against lh' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use ? Pride answers,...
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L'essai sur l'homme

Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 pages
...Angels , Men rebel : And who but wishes to invert the laws Of ORDER , sins against th' Eternal Cause. V. Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine, Earth...answers, « 'Tis for mine : » For me kind Nature w7akes her genial pow'r , » Suckles each herb , and spreads out ev'ry flow'r ; » Annual for me ,...
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