AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ;... The Works of Alexander Pope: Moral essays - Page 4by Alexander Pope - 1757Full view - About this book
| Alexander Pope - Electronic books - 1763 - 154 pages
...A WAKE, my ST. JOHN ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride ef KingsLet us (lince Life can little more fupply Than juft to look about...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan j NOTES VER. i. Awake, ay ST. JOHN ! ] The opening of this... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1768 - 726 pages
...my ST. JOHN! leave all meaner things To low Ambition tand the Pride of Kings. Let Us ( fines Lifet can little more fupply Than juft to look about us , and to die ) Expatiate free o. er all this Scene of Man / 5 i/f mighty Ma^e ! but not -without a Plan • «/^' Wild , w here •weeds... | |
| Augustus Henry Fitzroy Duke of Grafton, John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1769 - 348 pages
...comprehend. BulinahvokeV pofthumous works,. and the firft edition of the EJfay, fully, prove this. Inflead of Let us (fince life can little more fupply Than juft...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man;. A mighty maze ! but not without a plan, it was at firft publifhed, A mighty maze ! of walks without... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1769 - 596 pages
...£olingbroke's poflhumous works, and the firft edition of the EJJay, full;, prove this. lnfteadt>f Let us (i'mce life can little more fupply Than juft to look about...to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan, it was at firft publimed, A might, maze; of -walks without... | |
| Augustus Henry Fitzroy Duke of Grafton, John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1769 - 344 pages
...Bolingbroke's pofthumaus works, and the firft edition of the EJJay, fully prove this. Inftead of Let us (fmce life can little more fupply Than juft to look- about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this feene of Man;. A mighty maze ! but not without a plan, it was at 6rft publifhed, A mighty maze ! of... | |
| English liberty - 1769 - 430 pages
...of the E/ay> fully prove this. Inftead of • ' Let us (fince life can little more fupply Thanjuft to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; • A mighty maze ! tut not without a plan, • _ • ' . . .1. .1 It was at firft publifhed, . k... | |
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1769 - 594 pages
...EJJay, fully prove this. Infteadof Let us ^iince life can little more fupply Than juft to look n bout us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; A mighry maze : bat not without a plan, it was at firft published, A might- maze ; ofivalks without... | |
| Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1772 - 374 pages
...locatus es in re. A EPISTLE I. WAKE, my ST. JOHN! leave ali meaner things To low ambition, and the prìde of Kings. Let us ( fince Life can little more fupply...to look about us, and to die) Expatiate free o'er ali this fcene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a pian ; A "Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1772 - 376 pages
...meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us ( fince Life can little more fiipply Than juft to look about us , and to die ) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; A mighty maze! but not without a plan ; A Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous shoot ; Or Garden... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1776 - 52 pages
...and the. pr.ide of Kings, L.et us (fincc Life .can little more fupply ../ Than juft to look »bout us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this fcene of Man ; • f. A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promifcuous fhoot»... | |
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