Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... characters of MEN EPISTLE II . Of the characters of WOMEN EPISTLE III . Of the ufe of RICHES EPISTLE IV . Of the ufe of RICHES 161 193 215 262 EPISTLE V. To Mr. Addifon , occafioned by his dialogues on MEDALS 294 1 ERRAT A. Page 37 not ...
... characters of MEN EPISTLE II . Of the characters of WOMEN EPISTLE III . Of the ufe of RICHES EPISTLE IV . Of the ufe of RICHES 161 193 215 262 EPISTLE V. To Mr. Addifon , occafioned by his dialogues on MEDALS 294 1 ERRAT A. Page 37 not ...
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... Characters and Capacities of Men , and the Limits of Learning and Ignor- The 13th and 14th , to the Knowledge of Mankind , and the various Manners of the age . ance . NOTES . VER . 7 , 8. A Wild , - Or Garden , ] The Wild relates to the ...
... Characters and Capacities of Men , and the Limits of Learning and Ignor- The 13th and 14th , to the Knowledge of Mankind , and the various Manners of the age . ance . NOTES . VER . 7 , 8. A Wild , - Or Garden , ] The Wild relates to the ...
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... character , juft as elementary parti- cles go to the compofition of an organized body : Therefore , for Man to project the destruction of what compofes his very Being , is the height of extravagance . ' Tis true , he tells us , C. NOTES ...
... character , juft as elementary parti- cles go to the compofition of an organized body : Therefore , for Man to project the destruction of what compofes his very Being , is the height of extravagance . ' Tis true , he tells us , C. NOTES ...
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... characters , and the inequality of all ; whence it happens that no Man is ex- tremely virtuous or vicious , nor extremely conftant in the pur- fuit of either . Why it fo happens , the poet affigns an admira- ble reafon in this line ...
... characters , and the inequality of all ; whence it happens that no Man is ex- tremely virtuous or vicious , nor extremely conftant in the pur- fuit of either . Why it fo happens , the poet affigns an admira- ble reafon in this line ...
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... character , namely , Self - love and NOTES . For him alone Hope leads from goal to goal , And opens ftill , and opens on his foul ; ' Till , lengthen'd on to Faith , and unconfin'd , It pours the blifs that fills up all the Mind . But ...
... character , namely , Self - love and NOTES . For him alone Hope leads from goal to goal , And opens ftill , and opens on his foul ; ' Till , lengthen'd on to Faith , and unconfin'd , It pours the blifs that fills up all the Mind . But ...
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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
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Página 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.