The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... employ a propo- fition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfurdities im- mediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion , what- ever is , is right , is a confequence of these premises , that par- tial Evil tends to ...
... employ a propo- fition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfurdities im- mediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion , what- ever is , is right , is a confequence of these premises , that par- tial Evil tends to ...
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... employ fuch kind of paintings , namely , not to deter men from the fearch , but to excite them to the difcovery of truth ; he hath , with great judgement , reprefented Man as doubting and wavering between the right and wrong object ...
... employ fuch kind of paintings , namely , not to deter men from the fearch , but to excite them to the difcovery of truth ; he hath , with great judgement , reprefented Man as doubting and wavering between the right and wrong object ...
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... difpofition , they are turned away from their natu- ral byas , to promote the happinefs 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 .
... difpofition , they are turned away from their natu- ral byas , to promote the happinefs 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 .
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Alexander Pope. 115 These ' tis enough to temper and employ ; But what composes 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 composes 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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Alexander Pope. Present to grasp , and future still to find , The whole employ of body and of mind . 125 All spread their charms , but charm not all alike ; On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects strike ; Hence diff'rent Paffions more or ...
Alexander Pope. Present to grasp , and future still to find , The whole employ of body and of mind . 125 All spread their charms , but charm not all alike ; On diff'rent fenfes diff'rent objects strike ; Hence diff'rent Paffions more or ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs Cæfar caufe cauſe Characters COMMENTARY conclufion confequence confifts Dæmon defcribed defign Efay epiftle ev'ry evil expreffion faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feems feen fenfe ferve fhall fhewn fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem gives Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrates inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laft laſt lefs Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion perfon Philofopher pleaſe pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe prefent pride principle purpoſe purſue racter raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife ruling Angels ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſhall ſtate ſtill Tafte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand thro true truth univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom
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Página 126 - tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent ; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content.
Página 19 - 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.
Página 59 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 265 The poor contents him With the care of Heav'n.