Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... employ a propofition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfur- dities immediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion , whatever is , is right , is a con- fequence of these premiffes , that partial Evil tends to uni ...
... employ a propofition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfur- dities immediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion , whatever is , is right , is a con- fequence of these premiffes , that partial Evil tends to uni ...
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... employ fuch kind of paint- ings , namely not to deter men from the fearch , but to excite them to the discovery of truth ; he hath , with great judgment , | reprefented Man as doubting and wavering between the right and wrong object ...
... employ fuch kind of paint- ings , namely not to deter men from the fearch , but to excite them to the discovery of truth ; he hath , with great judgment , | reprefented Man as doubting and wavering between the right and wrong object ...
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... they are turned away from their natu- ral byas , to promote the hap- piness of Mankind . As to the method in which they are to be treated by Man , in whom 115 These ' tis enough to temper and employ ; 54 EP . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
... they are turned away from their natu- ral byas , to promote the hap- piness of Mankind . As to the method in which they are to be treated by Man , in whom 115 These ' tis enough to temper and employ ; 54 EP . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
Seite 55
Alexander Pope. 115 These ' tis enough to temper and employ ; But what compofes Man , can Man destroy ? Suffice that Reafon keep to Nature's road , Subject , compound them , follow her and God , Love , Hope , and Joy , fair pleasure's ...
Alexander Pope. 115 These ' tis enough to temper and employ ; But what compofes Man , can Man destroy ? Suffice that Reafon keep to Nature's road , Subject , compound them , follow her and God , Love , Hope , and Joy , fair pleasure's ...
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... employ of body and of mind . All spread their charms , but charm not all alike On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects strike ; Hence diffrent Paffions more or lefs inflame , As ftrong or weak , the organs of the frame ; COMMENTARY ...
... employ of body and of mind . All spread their charms , but charm not all alike On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects strike ; Hence diffrent Paffions more or lefs inflame , As ftrong or weak , the organs of the frame ; COMMENTARY ...
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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 Epiftle ev'ry evil faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond fenfe ferves fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem give Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrates inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laſt lefs Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion ourſelves perfon philofophic Plato pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe prefent Pride principle purpoſe purſue racter raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife riſe ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall 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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Seite 109 - 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 28 - Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! —oh madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX.
Seite 29 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Seite 150 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Seite 12 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Seite 82 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Seite 67 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Seite 40 - 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...
Seite 27 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.