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" When the proud steed shall know why man restrains His fiery course, or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's god : Then shall man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions', passions',... "
A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ... - Page 173
by John Walker - 1801 - 392 pages
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pages
...[ftrains When the proud Steed fhnll know why man reHis fiery courfe, cr drives him o'er the plains ; \Vhcn the dull Ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a vierim, and now .Egypt's God ; Then (hall Man's pride and dulnefs comprehend His aflions', partions',...
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...sphere unknown, Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal; 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. When the proud steed shall know why man restrains...Then shall man's pride and dulness comprehend His action's, passion's, being's use and end ; Why doing, sufF ring, check'd, impell'd; and why This hour...
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The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 pages
...deed (hall know why m»n I (trains His fiery cimrfe, or drives him o'er the plains ; Whei the duil Ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now /Egypt's God : Then Hull Man's priJe and dulnefs comprehend 6$ His actions', palTions', being's, ufe and end ; Why doing,...
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History of the British Expedition to Egypt;: To which is Subjoined, a Sketch ...

Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Sir Robert Wilson - 1803 - 430 pages
...presumptuous discontent: Respecting man, whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to all. When the proud steed shall know, why man restrains...victim, and now Egypt's God : Then shall man's pride and dullness comprehend His actions, passions, being, use, and end. Why doing, suff'ring, check'd, impell'd,...
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History of the British Expedition to Egypt: To which is Subjoined, a Sketch ...

sir Robert Thomas Wilson - 1803 - 340 pages
...the proud fleed ihall know, why man reftrains His fiery courfe or drives him o'er the plains : When When the dull ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a viiftim, and now Egypt's God : Then fhall man's pride and dulnefs comprehend His aftions, paffions,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...unknown ; Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal : 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. 60 When the proud steed shall know why man restrains...god ; Then shall Man's pride and dulness comprehend 65 His actions', passions', beings', use and end : Why doing, suffering, check'd, impell'd ; and why...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 6

Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...we fee, and not a whole. 6o When the proud fteed ihall know why man re» ftriins His fiery courfe, or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull Ox,...clod, Is now a victim, and now ^Egypt's God : Then (ball Man's pride and dulnefs comprehend б£ His acTions', раЛюпэ', being's, ufe and end j Why...
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The Whole Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: Including His Translations ...

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...part we fee, and not a whole. 6s When the proud ftted Atall know why mm re drains His fiery coiirfe, or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull Ox, why now he brealu the cloJ, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's God : Then (hall Man's pride and dulnefc comprehend...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...sphere unknown, Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal j 'Tis but a part we see, and not the whole When the proud steed shall know why man restrains...actions', passions', being's use and end ; Why doing, suff'ring, check'd, impell'd; and why This hour a slave, the next a deity. Then say not, man's imperfect,...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...clofely i» this fentiment expreffed, and yet how difficult to render inte verfe with precifion and When the dull Ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's God : Then fhall Man's pride and dulnefs comprehend 65 His actions', paflions', being's, ufe and end ; Why doing,...
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