The Physician, by the study and inspection of urine and ordure, approves himself in the science; and in like sort should our author accustom and exercise his imagination upon the dregs of nature. β¨ Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1847). The works of Alexander Pope, esq., with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author, an Estimate of his poetical character and writings, and occasional remarks by William Roscoe, esq, p.239
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- Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king. β¨ Alexander Pope (1835). The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly, p.63
- So vast is art, so narrow human wit. β¨ Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1854). The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with a life, p.5
- Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God. β¨ 'An Essay on Man' Epistle 4 (1734) l. 331
- From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. β¨ 'An Essay on Criticism' (1711) l. 152.
- As some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels tire While expletives their feeble aid do join, And ten lo β¦ βΆ
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