The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... shews , how the fame HOPE is a proof of a future ftate , from the confideration of God's giving man no appetite in vain , or what he did not intend should be fatisfied ; " He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone ८ : Hope of known ...
... shews , how the fame HOPE is a proof of a future ftate , from the confideration of God's giving man no appetite in vain , or what he did not intend should be fatisfied ; " He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone ८ : Hope of known ...
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... shews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the highest abfurdity , from misapplied reason and power ; and end in the highest impiety , in an attempt to degrade the God of heaven , and to assume his ...
... shews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the highest abfurdity , from misapplied reason and power ; and end in the highest impiety , in an attempt to degrade the God of heaven , and to assume his ...
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... shews the ill effects of it , in the case of the fallen Angels ; and observes , that even wishing to in- vert the laws of Order , is a lower species of their crime : then brings an instance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the ...
... shews the ill effects of it , in the case of the fallen Angels ; and observes , that even wishing to in- vert the laws of Order , is a lower species of their crime : then brings an instance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the ...
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... , as the best philosophy shews it may ; where is the wonder that Man , who was created a free Agent , and hath it in his power every moment to If the great end be human Happiness , Then Nature 20 ESSAY ON MAN . EP . І.
... , as the best philosophy shews it may ; where is the wonder that Man , who was created a free Agent , and hath it in his power every moment to If the great end be human Happiness , Then Nature 20 ESSAY ON MAN . EP . І.
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... shewing how moral evil pro- motes good ; and employs the same conceffions of his ad- versaries , concerning natural evil , to illustrate it . 1. He shews it tends to the good of the Whole , or Uni- verse ( from $ 151 to 164. ) and this ...
... shewing how moral evil pro- motes good ; and employs the same conceffions of his ad- versaries , concerning natural evil , to illustrate it . 1. He shews it tends to the good of the Whole , or Uni- verse ( from $ 151 to 164. ) and this ...
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