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... close of the 1720's . From Spence's conversations with him , we learn that Pope envisioned a series of " Ethic Epistles " which would embody a system of ethics . Spence dates the first mention of this intent in 1730 : " The first ...
... close of the 1720's . From Spence's conversations with him , we learn that Pope envisioned a series of " Ethic Epistles " which would embody a system of ethics . Spence dates the first mention of this intent in 1730 : " The first ...
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... close system of Benevolence ) See ! the sole bliss Heav'n could on all bestow ; Which who but feels can taste , but thinks can know ; Yet poor with fortune , and with learning blind , The bad must miss ; the good , untaught , will find ...
... close system of Benevolence ) See ! the sole bliss Heav'n could on all bestow ; Which who but feels can taste , but thinks can know ; Yet poor with fortune , and with learning blind , The bad must miss ; the good , untaught , will find ...
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... close the ears of the speaker to the voice of the city crying " Get Mony , Mony still ' " ; it will teach him to avoid the court with its corruption ; and it will protect him from the false values of society , whose individual members ...
... close the ears of the speaker to the voice of the city crying " Get Mony , Mony still ' " ; it will teach him to avoid the court with its corruption ; and it will protect him from the false values of society , whose individual members ...
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