The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... principles , maxims , or pre- cepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at firft , and are more eafily retained by him after- wards : The other may feem odd , but is true . I found I could express them more shortly this ...
... principles , maxims , or pre- cepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at firft , and are more eafily retained by him after- wards : The other may feem odd , but is true . I found I could express them more shortly this ...
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... principle , That of all poffible fyfiems , infinite wisdom has formed the beft , is , that whatever is wrong in our private fyftem , is right as relative to the whole : 66 Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right ...
... principle , That of all poffible fyfiems , infinite wisdom has formed the beft , is , that whatever is wrong in our private fyftem , is right as relative to the whole : 66 Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right ...
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... principles fhew his folly . He fuppofes them all made NOTES . VER . 174. And little less than Angels , & c . ] Thou haft made him a little lower than the Angels , and kaft crowned him with glory and honour , Pfalm viii . 9 . Each ...
... principles fhew his folly . He fuppofes them all made NOTES . VER . 174. And little less than Angels , & c . ] Thou haft made him a little lower than the Angels , and kaft crowned him with glory and honour , Pfalm viii . 9 . Each ...
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... principle for the foundation of his Effay , had afforded him ; and that is the expreffing him- felf ( as here ) in Platonic language ; which , luckily for his purpose , is highly poetical , at the fame time that it adds a grace to the ...
... principle for the foundation of his Effay , had afforded him ; and that is the expreffing him- felf ( as here ) in Platonic language ; which , luckily for his purpose , is highly poetical , at the fame time that it adds a grace to the ...
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... principles ; and fuch a thing might well be , beaufe the Spinozifts , in order to hide the impiety of their principle , are wont to exprefs the Omni- prefence of God in terms that any religious Theift might employ ; in this cafe , I fay ...
... principles ; and fuch a thing might well be , beaufe the Spinozifts , in order to hide the impiety of their principle , are wont to exprefs the Omni- prefence of God in terms that any religious Theift might employ ; in this cafe , I fay ...
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