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The works of Alexander Pope, esq: in six volumes complete : with his last corrections, additions, and improvements : together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death : printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton

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The works of Alexander Pope, esq: in six volumes complete : with his last corrections, additions, and improvements : together with all his notes, as they were delivered to the editor a little before his death : printed verbatim from the octavo edition of Mr. Warburton Quotes

“Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.”

“Oh! blest with temper, whose unclouded ray Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day.”

“Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost?”