The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... mean for empty praife of wit to write , 175 As Foplings grin to show their teeth are white : To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or madly blaze unknown defects , is vile : ' Tis doubly vile , when , but to prove your art , You fix ...
... mean for empty praife of wit to write , 175 As Foplings grin to show their teeth are white : To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or madly blaze unknown defects , is vile : ' Tis doubly vile , when , but to prove your art , You fix ...
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... mean right with regard to Man , or right with regard to God ; right with regard to itself , or right with regard to its ultimate tendency ? Surely , WITH REGARD TO GD ; for he tells us his defign is to vindicate the ways of God to Man ...
... mean right with regard to Man , or right with regard to God ; right with regard to itself , or right with regard to its ultimate tendency ? Surely , WITH REGARD TO GD ; for he tells us his defign is to vindicate the ways of God to Man ...
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... means , and regulating his Reafon by the end of life . VER . 12. Whether he thinks too little , or too much : ] It is fo true , that ignorance arises as well from pushing our en- quiries too far , as from not carrying them far enough ...
... means , and regulating his Reafon by the end of life . VER . 12. Whether he thinks too little , or too much : ] It is fo true , that ignorance arises as well from pushing our en- quiries too far , as from not carrying them far enough ...
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... means ; the difference being this , that the first haftily feizes every thing which hath the appearance of good ; the other weighs and examines whether it be indeed what it appears . This fhews , as he next obferves , the folly of the ...
... means ; the difference being this , that the first haftily feizes every thing which hath the appearance of good ; the other weighs and examines whether it be indeed what it appears . This fhews , as he next obferves , the folly of the ...
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... and , when under the guidance of Reason , real good , either of ourselves , or of another ; for fome goods not being capable of divifion , or commu- Paffions , though selfish , if their means be fair 94 ÉP . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
... and , when under the guidance of Reason , real good , either of ourselves , or of another ; for fome goods not being capable of divifion , or commu- Paffions , though selfish , if their means be fair 94 ÉP . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
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