The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Essay on man. Moral essays. An essay on satireJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... COMMENTARY . Expatiate THE opening of this Poem [ in fifteen lines ] is taken up in giving an account of the fubject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Inquiry into his Nature . and End , his ...
... COMMENTARY . Expatiate THE opening of this Poem [ in fifteen lines ] is taken up in giving an account of the fubject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Inquiry into his Nature . and End , his ...
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... COMMENTARY . 5 A wild , The Poet tells us next ( line 16th ] with what defign he wrote , viz . " To vindicate the ways of God to Man . " The men he writes against , he frequently informs us , are such as weigh their opinion against ...
... COMMENTARY . 5 A wild , The Poet tells us next ( line 16th ] with what defign he wrote , viz . " To vindicate the ways of God to Man . " The men he writes against , he frequently informs us , are such as weigh their opinion against ...
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... COMMENTARY . 15 Of VER . 17. Say firft , of God above , or Man below , & c . ] The Poet having declared his fubject ; his end of writing ; and the quality of his adverfaries ; proceeds ( from ver . 16 to 23. ) to instruct us , from ...
... COMMENTARY . 15 Of VER . 17. Say firft , of God above , or Man below , & c . ] The Poet having declared his fubject ; his end of writing ; and the quality of his adverfaries ; proceeds ( from ver . 16 to 23. ) to instruct us , from ...
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... COMMENTARY . 20 25 What folly and impiety of pretending to pry into , and call in question , the profound difpenfations of Providence : which reproof contains ( from ver . 22 to 43. ) a fublime defcription of the Omniscience of God ...
... COMMENTARY . 20 25 What folly and impiety of pretending to pry into , and call in question , the profound difpenfations of Providence : which reproof contains ( from ver . 22 to 43. ) a fublime defcription of the Omniscience of God ...
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... COMMENTARY . Whère VER . 43. Of Syftems poffible , & c . ] So far the Poet's modeft and fober Introduction ; in which he truly observes , that no wif- dom lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . ' Yet , though ...
... COMMENTARY . Whère VER . 43. Of Syftems poffible , & c . ] So far the Poet's modeft and fober Introduction ; in which he truly observes , that no wif- dom lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . ' Yet , though ...
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Seite 56 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Seite 52 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Seite 64 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, 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 reas'ning but to err...
Seite 147 - 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 247 - I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the Rainbow, trick her off in Air ; Choose a firm Cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.
Seite 48 - To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another in this...
Seite 105 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.
Seite 306 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain.
Seite 15 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Seite 65 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!