Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you …

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Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work. ✨ Alexander Pope, Epistles To Several Persons: Epistle Iv, To Richard Boyle,
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 2 (1733) l. … ▶
When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed. ✨ Alexand … ▶
New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise: So pleas'd at first, the towring Alps we try. ✨ Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by … ▶
Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. ✨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 1 (1733) l. 99
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate. ✨ Alexander Pope (1820). An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John Lord Bolinbroke. To which are Added the Universal Prayer, Messiah, and Eleg … ▶

Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work. ✨ Alexander Pope, Epistles To Several Persons: Epistle Iv, To Richard Boyle,

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