The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warbuton, 3. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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... rhyme , for two reafons . The one will ap- pear obvious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at first , VOL . III . C and are more easily retained by him afterwards : The-
... rhyme , for two reafons . The one will ap- pear obvious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at first , VOL . III . C and are more easily retained by him afterwards : The-
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... principle , That of all poffibie fystems , infinite wisdom has formed the best , is , that whatever is wrong in our private fyftem , is right as rela- tive to the whole : Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right ...
... principle , That of all poffibie fystems , infinite wisdom has formed the best , is , that whatever is wrong in our private fyftem , is right as rela- tive to the whole : Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right ...
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... principle for the foundation of his Effay had afforded him ; and that is the expreffing himself ( as here ) in Platonic notions ; which , luckily for his purpose , are highly poetical , at the fame time that they add a grace to the uni ...
... principle for the foundation of his Effay had afforded him ; and that is the expreffing himself ( as here ) in Platonic notions ; which , luckily for his purpose , are highly poetical , at the fame time that they add a grace to the uni ...
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... principles ; and fuch a thing might well be , because the Spinozifts , in order to hide the impiety of their principle , are wont to exprefs the Omniprefence of God in terms that any religious Theift might employ . In this cafe , I fay ...
... principles ; and fuch a thing might well be , because the Spinozifts , in order to hide the impiety of their principle , are wont to exprefs the Omniprefence of God in terms that any religious Theift might employ . In this cafe , I fay ...
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... principle , of whatever is , is right , did not fhew him his mistake : For could any one in his fenfes employ a propo- fition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfurdities im- mediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion ...
... principle , of whatever is , is right , did not fhew him his mistake : For could any one in his fenfes employ a propo- fition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfurdities im- mediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion ...
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