The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... supposed to put in , and say , " You tell us indeed , that all things shall terminate in good ; but we fee ourselves fur- rounded with present Evil ; yet you forbid us all inquiry into the manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a ...
... supposed to put in , and say , " You tell us indeed , that all things shall terminate in good ; but we fee ourselves fur- rounded with present Evil ; yet you forbid us all inquiry into the manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a ...
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... supposed NA- TURAL EVILS . For now he shews ( from $ 172 to 207. ) that though the complaint of his adversaries against Pro- vidence be on pretence of real moral evils ; yet , at bottom , it all proceeds from their impatience under ...
... supposed NA- TURAL EVILS . For now he shews ( from $ 172 to 207. ) that though the complaint of his adversaries against Pro- vidence be on pretence of real moral evils ; yet , at bottom , it all proceeds from their impatience under ...
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... supposed that such care extended to all , but was confined to the more noble parts of the creation . This gross conception of the First Cause the poet exposes , by shewing that God is equally and inti- mately present to every particle ...
... supposed that such care extended to all , but was confined to the more noble parts of the creation . This gross conception of the First Cause the poet exposes , by shewing that God is equally and inti- mately present to every particle ...
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... supposed it ; but the won- derful art and direction , unknown indeed to Man , of an all - powerful , all - wife , all - good , and free Being . And therefore , we may be affured , that the arguments brought above to prove partial moral ...
... supposed it ; but the won- derful art and direction , unknown indeed to Man , of an all - powerful , all - wife , all - good , and free Being . And therefore , we may be affured , that the arguments brought above to prove partial moral ...
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... supposed to end , and mere curiofity to be- gin ; they conclude in the most extravagant and fenfeless inferences ; fuch as the unreality of matter ; the reality of space ; the fervility of the Will , & c . The reason of this fudden fall ...
... supposed to end , and mere curiofity to be- gin ; they conclude in the most extravagant and fenfeless inferences ; fuch as the unreality of matter ; the reality of space ; the fervility of the Will , & c . The reason of this fudden fall ...
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