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BENTL . VER . 195. Pill expelling Locke ] In the year 1703 there was a meeting of
the heads of the University of Oxford to censure Mr. Locke's Essay on Human
Understanding , and , to forbid the reading it . See his Letters in the last Edit . VIR
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BENTL . VER . 195. Pill expelling Locke ] In the year 1703 there was a meeting of
the heads of the University of Oxford to censure Mr. Locke's Essay on Human
Understanding , and , to forbid the reading it . See his Letters in the last Edit . VIR
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So that well may Aristarchus defy all human power to get the Man out again from
under so impenetrable a crust . The Poet alludes to this Masterpiece of the
Schools in ver . 501 , where he speaks of Vasals to e nanie , Never by tumbler
thro ...
So that well may Aristarchus defy all human power to get the Man out again from
under so impenetrable a crust . The Poet alludes to this Masterpiece of the
Schools in ver . 501 , where he speaks of Vasals to e nanie , Never by tumbler
thro ...
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Her's , therefore , took away the shape , and left the human mind ; his takes away
, the mind , and leaves the human shape . VER . 529. But she , good Goddess , &
c . ] The only comfort people can receive , must be owing in some shape or ...
Her's , therefore , took away the shape , and left the human mind ; his takes away
, the mind , and leaves the human shape . VER . 529. But she , good Goddess , &
c . ] The only comfort people can receive , must be owing in some shape or ...
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A sort of men , who make human reason the adequate measure of all Truth , hay .
ing pretended that whatsoever is not fully comprehended by it , is contrary to it ;
certain defenders of Religion , who would not be outdone in a paradox , have ...
A sort of men , who make human reason the adequate measure of all Truth , hay .
ing pretended that whatsoever is not fully comprehended by it , is contrary to it ;
certain defenders of Religion , who would not be outdone in a paradox , have ...
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Fleas and verbal Critics compared , as equal judges of the human frame and wit ,
iv . 238 . Fletcher , made Cibber's Property , i . 131 . Mac Fleckno , not so decent
and chaste in the Dic . tion as the Dunciad , it . 75 . Friendlip , understood by Mr.
Fleas and verbal Critics compared , as equal judges of the human frame and wit ,
iv . 238 . Fletcher , made Cibber's Property , i . 131 . Mac Fleckno , not so decent
and chaste in the Dic . tion as the Dunciad , it . 75 . Friendlip , understood by Mr.
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Seite 216 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Seite 75 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Seite 84 - ... what contemptible men were the authors of it. He was not without hopes that, by...
Seite 151 - Tis (let me see) three years and more (October next, it will be four) Since Harley bid me first attend, And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As 'What's o-clock?
Seite 151 - And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,' What's o'clock?' and,
Seite 176 - Bid her be all that cheers or softens life, The tender sister, daughter, friend, and wife; Bid her be all that makes mankind adore, Then view this marble, and be vain no more!
Seite 151 - To-morrow my appeal comes on ; Without your help the cause is gone.' — ' The duke expects my lord and you, About some great affair, at two. ' — ' Put my Lord Bolingbroke in mind, To get my warrant quickly sign'd : Consider tis my first request.
Seite 145 - I'VE often wish'd that I had clear For life six hundred pounds a year, A handsome house to lodge a friend, A river at my garden's end, A terrace-walk, and half a rood Of land set out to plant a wood.
Seite 207 - Form ; a firm yet cautious Mind ; Sincere, tho" prudent; conftant, yet refign'd: Honour unchang'd, a Principle profeft, Fix'd to one fide, but...
Seite 177 - Helen thy Bridgewater vie, And these be sung till Granville's Myra die: Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but preserv'st a face, and I a name.