The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... fay , they have lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than ad- vanced the theory , of Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Effay has any merit , it is in ...
... fay , they have lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than ad- vanced the theory , of Morality . If I could flatter myself that this Effay has any merit , it is in ...
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... fay , " You tell us indeed , that all things fhall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves fur- rounded with prefent Evil ; yet you forbid us all inquiry into the manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a word , leave us in a ...
... fay , " You tell us indeed , that all things fhall terminate in good ; but we see ourselves fur- rounded with prefent Evil ; yet you forbid us all inquiry into the manner how we are to be extricated ; and , in a word , leave us in a ...
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... fays in ex- prefs terms , that GOD GAVE US HOPE TO SUPPLY THAT FUTURE BLISS , WHICH HE AT PRESENT KEEPS HID FROM US . In his fecond epiftle , 274. he goes ftill further , and fays , this HOPE quits us not even at Death , when every ...
... fays in ex- prefs terms , that GOD GAVE US HOPE TO SUPPLY THAT FUTURE BLISS , WHICH HE AT PRESENT KEEPS HID FROM US . In his fecond epiftle , 274. he goes ftill further , and fays , this HOPE quits us not even at Death , when every ...
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... fays the poet , contents himself without any thing of that flame , which " devours at the fame time that it ... fay , to do the Tranflator juftice , did he aim to be ridiculous . It is the fober folid Theology of the Sorbonne ...
... fays the poet , contents himself without any thing of that flame , which " devours at the fame time that it ... fay , to do the Tranflator juftice , did he aim to be ridiculous . It is the fober folid Theology of the Sorbonne ...
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... fays he , ( from 140 to 150. ) whether Nature doth not err from the gracious purpose of its Creator , when plagues , earth- quakes , and tempefts unpeople whole regions at a time ; you readily anfwer , No. For that God acts by general ...
... fays he , ( from 140 to 150. ) whether Nature doth not err from the gracious purpose of its Creator , when plagues , earth- quakes , and tempefts unpeople whole regions at a time ; you readily anfwer , No. For that God acts by general ...
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