The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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Page xxxi
... extremes of doctrines feemingly oppofite , in passing over terms utterly unintelligible , and in forming a temperate , yet not inconsistent , and a short yet not imperfect , system of Ethics . This This I might have done in profe ; but I.
... extremes of doctrines feemingly oppofite , in passing over terms utterly unintelligible , and in forming a temperate , yet not inconsistent , and a short yet not imperfect , system of Ethics . This This I might have done in profe ; but I.
Page xxxiii
... system , being ignorant of the relations of systems and things , 17 , & c . II . That Man is not to be deemed imperfect , but a Being fuited to his place and rank in the creation , agreeable to the general Order of things , and ...
... system , being ignorant of the relations of systems and things , 17 , & c . II . That Man is not to be deemed imperfect , but a Being fuited to his place and rank in the creation , agreeable to the general Order of things , and ...
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... system , to demonstrate the invisible things of God , his eter- NOTES . VER . 19 , 20. Of Man , what fee we but his station here , From which to reason , or to which refer ? ] The sense is , “ we fee nothing of Man , but as he stands at ...
... system , to demonstrate the invisible things of God , his eter- NOTES . VER . 19 , 20. Of Man , what fee we but his station here , From which to reason , or to which refer ? ] The sense is , “ we fee nothing of Man , but as he stands at ...
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... system into system runs , What other planets circle other funs , What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry star , 25 May tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . But of this frame , the bearings , and the ties , The strong connections , nice ...
... system into system runs , What other planets circle other funs , What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry star , 25 May tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . But of this frame , the bearings , and the ties , The strong connections , nice ...
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... system is , of body and spirit . By the strong connections , there- fore , the Poet alluded to the natural part ; and by the nice dependencies to the moral . For the Ejay on Man is not a system of NATURALISM but of NATURAL RELIGION ...
... system is , of body and spirit . By the strong connections , there- fore , the Poet alluded to the natural part ; and by the nice dependencies to the moral . For the Ejay on Man is not a system of NATURALISM but of NATURAL RELIGION ...
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