“There still remains to mortify a wit The many-headed monster of the pit.”
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Source: The Works of Alexander Pope Esq
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
Source: The Leaser. Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with an Account of His Life and Writings
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
“Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
“Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, F.S.A. and Others. To which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author
“Good-humor only teaches charms to last, Still makes new conquests and maintains the past.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope: With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notes on Each Poem
“Still when the lust of tyrant power succeeds, some Athens perishes, or some Tully bleeds.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope Edited with Notes and Introductory Memoir by Adolphus William Ward
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. ...
“O let us still the secret joy partake, To follow virtue even for virtue's sake.”
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes
Source: The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe
“The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.”
“'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.”
Source: An Essay on Criticism
Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Etc
Source: An essay on man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and improved by the author. Together with his MS. additions and variations as in the last edition of his works. With the notes of William, Lord Bishop of Gloucester
Source: The poetical works of Alexander Pope. To which is prefixed the life of the author
“Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.”
Source: Essay on Man and Other Poems
Source: The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly
“Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.”
Source: Poetical works
Source: The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials
Source: The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials