Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... common fenfe and fober reason , in their high flights through the regions of Metaphyfics . Both which follies are exposed in the fourth epiftle , where the popular and philofophical errors concerning | Happiness are spoken of . The ...
... common fenfe and fober reason , in their high flights through the regions of Metaphyfics . Both which follies are exposed in the fourth epiftle , where the popular and philofophical errors concerning | Happiness are spoken of . The ...
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... common HOPE of Mankind : But , tho ' his untutored mind had betrayed him into many childifh fancies concerning the nature of that future ftate , yet he is so far from excluding any part of his own fpecies ( a vice which could proceed ...
... common HOPE of Mankind : But , tho ' his untutored mind had betrayed him into many childifh fancies concerning the nature of that future ftate , yet he is so far from excluding any part of his own fpecies ( a vice which could proceed ...
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... Common fenfe , as the poet fhews , inftructs us to know that our fellow - creatures , placed by Providence the joint- inhabitants of this globe , are defigned by Providence to be joint- fharers with us of its bleffings : Has God , thou ...
... Common fenfe , as the poet fhews , inftructs us to know that our fellow - creatures , placed by Providence the joint- inhabitants of this globe , are defigned by Providence to be joint- fharers with us of its bleffings : Has God , thou ...
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... common con- ceptions , he fhews ( from 266 to 281 ) that God is equally and intimately present to every fort of fubftance , to every par- ticle of matter , and in every instant of being ; which eases the labouring imagination , and ...
... common con- ceptions , he fhews ( from 266 to 281 ) that God is equally and intimately present to every fort of fubftance , to every par- ticle of matter , and in every instant of being ; which eases the labouring imagination , and ...
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... common fenfe teach us to understand by what- ever is , is right ? Did the poet mean right with regard to Man , or right with regard to God ; right with regard to it- felf , or right with regard to its ultimate tendency ? Surely WITH ...
... common fenfe teach us to understand by what- ever is , is right ? Did the poet mean right with regard to Man , or right with regard to God ; right with regard to it- felf , or right with regard to its ultimate tendency ? Surely WITH ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs Cæfar caufe cauſe Characters cife COMMENTARY conclufion confequently confifts courſe Dæmon defcribed defign Epiftle ev'ry evil faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond fenfe ferves fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem give Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrates inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laſt lefs Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion ourſelves perfon philofophic Plato pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe prefent Pride principle purpoſe purſue racter raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife riſe ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſyſtem Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand thro tion true truth univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Seite 109 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Seite 28 - Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! —oh madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX.
Seite 29 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Seite 150 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Seite 12 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Seite 82 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Seite 67 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Seite 40 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Seite 27 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.