Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Seite iii
... Manner which thefe two Subjects require , 277. The Praife of Virtue be admitted with Propriety , 315. Caution with regard to Panegyrick , The Dignity of true Sa- may 329 . tire , ✯ 341 . PART III . The History of Satire . Roman ...
... Manner which thefe two Subjects require , 277. The Praife of Virtue be admitted with Propriety , 315. Caution with regard to Panegyrick , The Dignity of true Sa- may 329 . tire , ✯ 341 . PART III . The History of Satire . Roman ...
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... the best ; that to pretend to enquire into the manner how God conducts this wonderful scheme to its com- pletion , is as abfurd as to imagine that the horfe and ox fhall Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... the best ; that to pretend to enquire into the manner how God conducts this wonderful scheme to its com- pletion , is as abfurd as to imagine that the horfe and ox fhall Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd , And now a EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a word , leave us in a very difconfolate condition . Not fo , replies the poet , you may reasonably , if you fo pleafe , receive much comfort from the HOPE of a happy futurity ; a Hope ...
... manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a word , leave us in a very difconfolate condition . Not fo , replies the poet , you may reasonably , if you fo pleafe , receive much comfort from the HOPE of a happy futurity ; a Hope ...
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... manner of pofitions , " blind Fate could never make " all the planets move one and " the fame way in orbs con- " centric ; fome inconfidera- " ble irregularities excepted , " which may have rifen from " the mutual actions of comets ...
... manner of pofitions , " blind Fate could never make " all the planets move one and " the fame way in orbs con- " centric ; fome inconfidera- " ble irregularities excepted , " which may have rifen from " the mutual actions of comets ...
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... mufic of the spheres , there was no real found , which his argu- ment could not do without . VER . 213. The headlong lioness ] The manner of the Of hearing , from the life that fills the flood 26 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... mufic of the spheres , there was no real found , which his argu- ment could not do without . VER . 213. The headlong lioness ] The manner of the Of hearing , from the life that fills the flood 26 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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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.