Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... himself in the place of God , and judging of the fitness or unfitness , perfection or imperfection , justice or injuftice of his difpenfations , 109 , & c . V. The ab- & furdity of conceiting himself the final caufe of the crea- tion ...
... himself in the place of God , and judging of the fitness or unfitness , perfection or imperfection , justice or injuftice of his difpenfations , 109 , & c . V. The ab- & furdity of conceiting himself the final caufe of the crea- tion ...
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... himself , as an earnest of that Bliss , which here perpetually flying us , is reserved for the good Man hereafter . The reafon why the poet chufes to insist on this proof of a future ftate , in preference to others , is in order to give ...
... himself , as an earnest of that Bliss , which here perpetually flying us , is reserved for the good Man hereafter . The reafon why the poet chufes to insist on this proof of a future ftate , in preference to others , is in order to give ...
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... himself with expectation of future hap- piness , fhewn him that this HOPE is an earnest of it , and put in one very neceffary caution , Hope humbly then , with trembling pinions foar ; provoked at those miscreants whom he afterwards ...
... himself with expectation of future hap- piness , fhewn him that this HOPE is an earnest of it , and put in one very neceffary caution , Hope humbly then , with trembling pinions foar ; provoked at those miscreants whom he afterwards ...
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... Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy when he will , and where ? COMMENTARY . he upbraids them ( from ✯ 99 to 112 ) with the example of the poor Indian , to whom alfo Nature hath given this common HOPE of Mankind ...
... Himself alone high Heav'n's peculiar care , Alone made happy when he will , and where ? COMMENTARY . he upbraids them ( from ✯ 99 to 112 ) with the example of the poor Indian , to whom alfo Nature hath given this common HOPE of Mankind ...
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... himself ( as here ) in Platonic notions ; which , luckily for his purpose , are highly poetical , at the fame time that they add a grace to the uniformity of his reafon- ing . VER . 259. What if the foot , & c . ] This fine illuftra ...
... himself ( as here ) in Platonic notions ; which , luckily for his purpose , are highly poetical , at the fame time that they add a grace to the uniformity of his reafon- ing . VER . 259. What if the foot , & c . ] This fine illuftra ...
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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.