The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... first to know what condition and relation it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The science of Human Nature is , like all other sciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
... first to know what condition and relation it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The science of Human Nature is , like all other sciences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
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... first of which he gives NOTES . VER . 12. Of all who blindly creep , etc. ] i . e . Those who only follow the blind guidance of their paffions ; or those who leave behind them common fenfe and fober reason , in their high flights ...
... first of which he gives NOTES . VER . 12. Of all who blindly creep , etc. ] i . e . Those who only follow the blind guidance of their paffions ; or those who leave behind them common fenfe and fober reason , in their high flights ...
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... first epistle is employed in the management of the first part of this difpute ; and the three following in the difcuffion of the fecond . So that this whole book conftitutes a complete Ejay on Man , written for the beft purpofe , to ...
... first epistle is employed in the management of the first part of this difpute ; and the three following in the difcuffion of the fecond . So that this whole book conftitutes a complete Ejay on Man , written for the beft purpofe , to ...
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... First , if thou canft , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! 40 Or NOTES . of body and spirit . By the frong ...
... First , if thou canft , the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Afk of thy mother Earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ! 40 Or NOTES . of body and spirit . By the frong ...
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... first ( from Ver . 44 to 51. ) is , that as the best fyftem cannot but be fuch a one as hath no inconnected Void ; 66 NOTES . fuch VER . 41. Or afk of yonder , etc. ] On thefe lines M. Voltaire thus difcants.- " Pope dit que l'homme ne ...
... first ( from Ver . 44 to 51. ) is , that as the best fyftem cannot but be fuch a one as hath no inconnected Void ; 66 NOTES . fuch VER . 41. Or afk of yonder , etc. ] On thefe lines M. Voltaire thus difcants.- " Pope dit que l'homme ne ...
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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