In Men we various ruling Passions find, In Women, two almost divide the Kind...

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2008-08-18
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This image was originally created as a book illustration. The title of this engraving is an excerpt from one of Alexander Pope's poems in his "Moral Essays". The full excerpt from the poem, seen at the bottom of the image, reads as follows: "In Men we various ruling Passions find, / In Women, two almost divide the Kind; / Those only fixed, they first or last obey, / The Love of Pleasure, and the Love of Sway."
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Irish
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16.1 cm x 8.8 cm
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Author: Blakey, Nicholas (Irish draftsman, active 1752-1758)
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http://hdl.handle.net/2262/20681
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18th century
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Book illustrations.
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