The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... Lord Bacon's expreffion ) come home to Men's Business and Bofoms , I thought it more fatisfactory to begin with confidering Man in the abstract , his Nature and his State ; fince , to prove any moral duty , to enforce any moral precept ...
... Lord Bacon's expreffion ) come home to Men's Business and Bofoms , I thought it more fatisfactory to begin with confidering Man in the abstract , his Nature and his State ; fince , to prove any moral duty , to enforce any moral precept ...
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... LORD BOLINGBROKE . ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE I. Of the Nature and State of Man , with respect to the UNIVERSE . OF Man in the abstract . - I . That we can judge only with regard to our own fyftem , being ignorant of the re- lations of fyftems ...
... LORD BOLINGBROKE . ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE I. Of the Nature and State of Man , with respect to the UNIVERSE . OF Man in the abstract . - I . That we can judge only with regard to our own fyftem , being ignorant of the re- lations of fyftems ...
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... Lord and Mafter . It is pity all this fine reafoning fhould proceed on a ridiculous blunder . The Poet thus reproves the impious complainer of the order of Providence . " You are diffatisfied with the weakness of your condition . But ...
... Lord and Mafter . It is pity all this fine reafoning fhould proceed on a ridiculous blunder . The Poet thus reproves the impious complainer of the order of Providence . " You are diffatisfied with the weakness of your condition . But ...
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... Lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jeft , and riddle of the world ! VARIATIONS . After Ver . 18. in the MS . For more perfection than this ftate can bear In vain we figh ...
... Lord of all things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jeft , and riddle of the world ! VARIATIONS . After Ver . 18. in the MS . For more perfection than this ftate can bear In vain we figh ...
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... Lord of Seffion on Parnaffus , thinks otherwife : " It may be gathered , fays he , from what is faid above , that wit and ridicule . " make not an agreeable mixture with grandeur . Diffimilar " emotions have a fine effect in a flow ...
... Lord of Seffion on Parnaffus , thinks otherwife : " It may be gathered , fays he , from what is faid above , that wit and ridicule . " make not an agreeable mixture with grandeur . Diffimilar " emotions have a fine effect in a flow ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs caufe cauſe character COMMENTARY conclufion confequence confifts defcribed defign Effay epiftle ev'ry expreffion faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe ferve fhall fhews fhould fince firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem gives happineſs happy hath Heav'n higheſt himſelf human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laft lefs Man's Mankind mind miſtake moft moral evil moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion perfon philofophic Plato pleaſure Poet Poet's pow'r praiſe prefent pride principle purpoſe racter raiſe reafon reft Religion rife ruling Angels ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall ſtate ſtill Tafle Tafte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand Tranflator true truth univerfal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife