The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... some greater good in the natural world , he supposes they may tend likewife to some greater good in the moral , as appears from these sublime images in the following lines , " If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design ...
... some greater good in the natural world , he supposes they may tend likewife to some greater good in the moral , as appears from these sublime images in the following lines , " If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's design ...
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... some part or other of the scale of reasoning life , such a creature as MAN : Which reduces the dispute to this ab- furd question , Whether God has placed him wrong ? Respecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , 8 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... some part or other of the scale of reasoning life , such a creature as MAN : Which reduces the dispute to this ab- furd question , Whether God has placed him wrong ? Respecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , 8 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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... some other use . So Man , who here seems principal alone , Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , Touches some wheel , or verges to some goal ; ' Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . COMMENTARY . 55 60 VER . 51. Refpecting ...
... some other use . So Man , who here seems principal alone , Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , Touches some wheel , or verges to some goal ; ' Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . COMMENTARY . 55 60 VER . 51. Refpecting ...
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... Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , 105 Some happier ifland in the watry waste , Where flaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Chriftians thirst for gold . To Be , contents his natural defire , He ...
... Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , 105 Some happier ifland in the watry waste , Where flaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Chriftians thirst for gold . To Be , contents his natural defire , He ...
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... some change fince all began : " And what created perfect ? " - Why then Man ? COMMENTARY . 145 VER . 141. But errs not Nature from this gracious end , ] The author comes next to the confirmation of his Thesis , That partial moral Evil ...
... some change fince all began : " And what created perfect ? " - Why then Man ? COMMENTARY . 145 VER . 141. But errs not Nature from this gracious end , ] The author comes next to the confirmation of his Thesis , That partial moral Evil ...
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