The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... void , & c . ] This is only an illustration from the Peripatetic plenum and vacuum : the full and void here meant , relating not to Matter , but to Life . 250 From Nature's chain whatever link you strike , 245 32 EP . I. ESSAY ON ΜΑΝ .
... void , & c . ] This is only an illustration from the Peripatetic plenum and vacuum : the full and void here meant , relating not to Matter , but to Life . 250 From Nature's chain whatever link you strike , 245 32 EP . I. ESSAY ON ΜΑΝ .
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... illustration in defence of the System of Nature , is taken from St. Paul , who employed it to defend the System of Grace . VER . 265. Just as abfurd , & c . ] See the profecution and application of this in Ep iv . P ८८ VER . 266. The ...
... illustration in defence of the System of Nature , is taken from St. Paul , who employed it to defend the System of Grace . VER . 265. Just as abfurd , & c . ] See the profecution and application of this in Ep iv . P ८८ VER . 266. The ...
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... illustration , there is one who exclaims : " See the general conclufion , " All that is , is right . So that at the fight of Charles the " firft lofing his head on the scaffold , we must have faid right ; at the fight too of his judges ...
... illustration , there is one who exclaims : " See the general conclufion , " All that is , is right . So that at the fight of Charles the " firft lofing his head on the scaffold , we must have faid right ; at the fight too of his judges ...
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... illustrated this truth in the character of Cotta : " Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his birth , " Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . " What tho ' ( the use of barb'rous spits forgot ) " His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ...
... illustrated this truth in the character of Cotta : " Old Cotta sham'd his fortune and his birth , " Yet was not Cotta void of wit or worth . " What tho ' ( the use of barb'rous spits forgot ) " His kitchen vy'd in coolness with his grot ...
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... which he loft his life . VER . 110. Lent heav'n a parent , & c . ] This last instance of the Poet's illustration of the ways of Providence , the What makes all physical or moral ill ? ... There 1 138 ESSAY ON MAN . EP . IV .
... which he loft his life . VER . 110. Lent heav'n a parent , & c . ] This last instance of the Poet's illustration of the ways of Providence , the What makes all physical or moral ill ? ... There 1 138 ESSAY ON MAN . EP . IV .
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