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
... 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 fteering betwixt ...
... 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 fteering betwixt ...
Page xxxii
... lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their courfe , and to obferve their effects , may be a tafk more agreeable ...
... lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their courfe , and to obferve their effects , may be a tafk more agreeable ...
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... lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we be unable to discover the particular reasons for this mode of our existence , we may be affured in ge- neral that it is right . For now , entering upon ...
... lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we be unable to discover the particular reasons for this mode of our existence , we may be affured in ge- neral that it is right . For now , entering upon ...
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... lefs , infects the whole Species ; 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 ...
... lefs , infects the whole Species ; 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 ...
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... lefs ? That is , if Nature , or the inanimate fyftem ( on which God hath impofed his laws , which obeys as a machine obeys the hand of the workman ) may in courfe of time deviate from its first direction , as the best philofophy fhews ...
... lefs ? That is , if Nature , or the inanimate fyftem ( on which God hath impofed his laws , which obeys as a machine obeys the hand of the workman ) may in courfe of time deviate from its first direction , as the best philofophy fhews ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs C¿far caufe cauſe character COMMENTARY conclufion confequence confifts D¿mon defcribes defign Efay epiftle ev'ry evil expreffion exprefs faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feen fenfe ferve fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem gives happineſs happy hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juftice juſt knave laft lefs Man's Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion perfon philofophic pleaſure Poet Poet's pow'r praiſe prefent pride principle purpoſe racters raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife ruling Angels ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſhall ſtate ſtill Tafte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand thro true truth univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife