Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... fortunes in the hand of Man ; nay , that such know- ledge , if communicated , would be even pernicious to Man , and NOTES . VER . 64 - Egypt's God : ] | worshipped univerfally over the whole land . called fo because the Apis was The ...
... fortunes in the hand of Man ; nay , that such know- ledge , if communicated , would be even pernicious to Man , and NOTES . VER . 64 - Egypt's God : ] | worshipped univerfally over the whole land . called fo because the Apis was The ...
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... fortune and his birth , Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . What tho ' ( the use of barb'rous fpits forgot ) His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ? If Cotta liv'd on pulje , it was no more Than bramins , faints , and fages ...
... fortune and his birth , Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . What tho ' ( the use of barb'rous fpits forgot ) His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ? If Cotta liv'd on pulje , it was no more Than bramins , faints , and fages ...
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... Fortune , 94. IV . The folly of expecting that God fhould alter his general Laws in favour of particulars , * 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest , & 133 , & c . VI . That ...
... Fortune , 94. IV . The folly of expecting that God fhould alter his general Laws in favour of particulars , * 121. V. That we are not judges who are good ; but that , whoever they are , they must be happiest , & 133 , & c . VI . That ...
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... Fortune's gifts if each alike possest , And each were equal , must not all conteft ? If then to all Men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be happy call'd ...
... Fortune's gifts if each alike possest , And each were equal , must not all conteft ? If then to all Men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be happy call'd ...
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... Fortune gain ; But these less taste them , as they worse obtain . COMMENTARY . to be gained only by VIRTUE , namely , by Temperance , In- nocence , and Industry . VER 83. The good or bad , & c . ] But hitherto the poet hath only ...
... Fortune gain ; But these less taste them , as they worse obtain . COMMENTARY . to be gained only by VIRTUE , namely , by Temperance , In- nocence , and Industry . VER 83. The good or bad , & c . ] But hitherto the poet hath only ...
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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