The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... fhews , 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 fhould be fatisfied ; " He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone 6 : Hope of known blifs ...
... fhews , 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 fhould be fatisfied ; " He fees , why Nature plants in Man alone 6 : Hope of known blifs ...
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... fhews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the higheft abfurdity , from mifapplied reafon and power ; and end in the highest impiety , in an attempt to degrade the God of heaven , and to affume his ...
... fhews them , that complaints against the established order of things begin in the higheft abfurdity , from mifapplied reafon and power ; and end in the highest impiety , in an attempt to degrade the God of heaven , and to affume his ...
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... fhews the ill effects of it , in the case of the fallen Angels ; and obferves , that even wifhing to in- vert the laws of Order , is a lower fpecies of their crime : then brings an instance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the ...
... fhews the ill effects of it , in the case of the fallen Angels ; and obferves , that even wifhing to in- vert the laws of Order , is a lower fpecies of their crime : then brings an instance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the ...
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... , as the best philofophy fhews 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 MA N. EP . I.
... , as the best philofophy fhews 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 MA N. EP . I.
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... fhews it tends to the good of the Whole , or Uni- verfe ( from 15 to 164. ) and this by analogy . You own , fays he , that ftorms and tempefts , clouds , rain , heat , and variety of seasons are neceffary ( notwithstanding the acci ...
... fhews it tends to the good of the Whole , or Uni- verfe ( from 15 to 164. ) and this by analogy . You own , fays he , that ftorms and tempefts , clouds , rain , heat , and variety of seasons are neceffary ( notwithstanding the acci ...
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