Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... firft to know what condition and relation it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The fcience of Human Nature is , like all other fciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
... firft to know what condition and relation it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The fcience of Human Nature is , like all other fciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
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... firft Fol . and Quarto , What blifs above he gives not thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy blifs below . COMMENTARY . ( Nature , whofe dictates to no other kind Are giv'n in vain , but what they seek they find ) It is only for ...
... firft Fol . and Quarto , What blifs above he gives not thee to know , But gives that Hope to be thy blifs below . COMMENTARY . ( Nature , whofe dictates to no other kind Are giv'n in vain , but what they seek they find ) It is only for ...
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... Firft Free Agent , the great Cause of all things , debarred from a contrivance fo exquifite , because fome Men , to set up their idol , Fate , abfurdly represent it as prefiding over such a system ? NOTES . VER . 243. Or in the full ...
... Firft Free Agent , the great Cause of all things , debarred from a contrivance fo exquifite , because fome Men , to set up their idol , Fate , abfurdly represent it as prefiding over such a system ? NOTES . VER . 243. Or in the full ...
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... firft lofing his head on the " fcaffold , we must have said " this is right ; at the fight " too of his judges condemn- " ing him , we must have said " this is right ; at the fight of NOTES . All Difcord , Harmony not understood ; All ...
... firft lofing his head on the " fcaffold , we must have said " this is right ; at the fight " too of his judges condemn- " ing him , we must have said " this is right ; at the fight of NOTES . All Difcord , Harmony not understood ; All ...
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... firft Epiftle . The poet , therefore , to convince them that this ftudy is lefs easy than they imagine , replies ( from 2 to 19 ) to the first part of the objection , by defcribing the dark and feeble state of the human Understanding ...
... firft Epiftle . The poet , therefore , to convince them that this ftudy is lefs easy than they imagine , replies ( from 2 to 19 ) to the first part of the objection , by defcribing the dark and feeble state of the human Understanding ...
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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 Effay Epiftle ev'ry evil faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feen fenfe ferves fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fupport fure fyftem gives Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laft laſt lefs Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion perfon Philofopher pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe preſent Pride principle purpoſe purſue racter raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſhall ſhe 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