Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... tion , or expecting that perfection in the moral world , which is not in the natural , y 131 , & c . VI . The un- reasonablenefs of his complaints against Providence , while on the one hand he demands the Perfections of the Angels , and ...
... tion , or expecting that perfection in the moral world , which is not in the natural , y 131 , & c . VI . The un- reasonablenefs of his complaints against Providence , while on the one hand he demands the Perfections of the Angels , and ...
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... - fent life is only a state of proba- tion for another , more suitable to the effence of the foul , and to the free exercise of its qua- lities . His foul , proud Science never taught to stray Far 2 14 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... - fent life is only a state of proba- tion for another , more suitable to the effence of the foul , and to the free exercise of its qua- lities . His foul , proud Science never taught to stray Far 2 14 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... tion inforced in thefe lines is this , that partial evil tends to the good of the whole : Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to all . How does the poet inforce it ? If you will believe these per ...
... tion inforced in thefe lines is this , that partial evil tends to the good of the whole : Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to all . How does the poet inforce it ? If you will believe these per ...
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... tion in the lurch . But the poet reasons at another rate : The way to prove his point , he knew , was to illuftrate the effect of partial moral evil in the universe , by partial natural evil in a particular fyftem . Whether partial ...
... tion in the lurch . But the poet reasons at another rate : The way to prove his point , he knew , was to illuftrate the effect of partial moral evil in the universe , by partial natural evil in a particular fyftem . Whether partial ...
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... foot , & c . ] This fine illuftra- tion in defence of the Syftem of Nature , is taken from St. Paul , who employed it to de- fend the System of Grace . Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be 30 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... foot , & c . ] This fine illuftra- tion in defence of the Syftem of Nature , is taken from St. Paul , who employed it to de- fend the System of Grace . Juft as abfurd for any part to claim To be 30 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.