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" Such shining expletives of human kind, Who want, while through blank life they dream along, Sense to be right and passion to be wrong. "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 110
edited by - 1779
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Love of Fame: The Universal Passion, in Seven Characteristical Satires

Edward Young - 1741 - 194 pages
...heart are free, And, joyn'd to Two, he fails not— to make Three. NarciJJus is the glory of his race : For who does nothing with a better grace ? ) To deck...mining expletives of human kind, .' Who want, while thro' blank life they dream along, Senfe to be right, and paffion to be wrong. .••' . tr • i...
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Love of Fame, the Universal Passion: In Seven Characteristical Satires

Edward Young - 1752 - 154 pages
...heart are free, And,join'd to Two, he fails not— to make Three." Narciffus is the glory of his race : For who does nothing with a better grace ? To deck my Lift, by nature were defign'd Such fhining expletives of human kind, Who want, while thro' blank life they dream along, Senft to be right,...
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The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts ...

Edward Young - 1762 - 412 pages
...are free, And, join'd to two, he fails not — to make three : NARCISSUS is the glory of his race; For who does nothing with a better grace ? To deck...Such mining expletives of human kind, Who want, while thro' blank life they dream along,. Scnfc to be right, and pa/ion to be wrong. To counterpoife this...
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The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts: In Four [i.e. Five ..., Volume 1

Edward Young - 1767 - 272 pages
...are free, And, join'd to two, he fails not — to make three : NARCISSUS is the glory of his race; For who does nothing with a better grace ? To deck my lift, by nature were defign'd Such fhining expletives of human kind, Who want, while thro' blank life they dream along, Senje to be right,...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 60

English poets - 1790 - 286 pages
...free, And, join'd to two, he fails not — to make three : Narciffus is the glory of his race ; S 5 For who does nothing with a better grace ? To deck...Who want, while through blank life they dream along, Sen/e to be right, and pajjicn to be wrong. 90 To counterpoife this hero of the mode, Some for renown...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...arc free ; And, juin'd to two, he fails no? — to make three. Narciflus is die glory of his race ; as Chaucer is ihall Dryden be. So when the faithful pencil has defign'd delign'd Such /hining expletives of human kind, Who want, while thro' blank life they dream along,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...are free, And, join'd to two, he fails not — 10 make three. Narcilfus i»thc glory of his race ; For who does nothing with a better grace > To deck my lift, by jiature were defign'd Such (hining expletives of human kind, Who want, while thro' blank life they...
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The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts ...

Edward Young - 1792 - 348 pages
...free, And, join'd to two, he fails not—to make three : NARCISSUS NARCISSUS is the glory of his race; For who does nothing with a better grace ? To deck my lift, by nature were defign'd Such fhining expletives of human kind, Who want, while thro' blank life they dream along, Senfe to be right,...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 10

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pages
...who docs nothing with a bectcr grace ? To deck my lift, by nature were defign'd Such ftimng exf.'Jimt of human kind, Who want, while through blank life they dream along, Staft to be right, and fnfim to be wrong. Tp counterpoint: this hero of the tnsd2t Some for renown...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 pages
...avoid giving offence ; and is one of thofe many infignificant and ufelefs beings, " Who want, as thro' blank life they dream along, Senfe to be right, and paffion to be wrong." As fays the ingenious author of the Univerfal Paffion ; a work that abounds in wit, obfervation on...
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