An Essay on Man: By Alexander Pope, Esq. Enlarged and Improved by the Author. Together with His MS. Additions and Variations as in the Last Edition of His Works. With the Notes of William, Lord Bishop of GloucesterA. Millar, and J. and R. Tonson, 1763 - 124 páginas |
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... such a tendency . To this it may be replied , 1. That the poet tells us , ( Ep . iv . ver . 361. ) That God loves from whole to parts . 2. That the fyftem of the beft is fo far from weakening those natural ar- guments , that it ...
... such a tendency . To this it may be replied , 1. That the poet tells us , ( Ep . iv . ver . 361. ) That God loves from whole to parts . 2. That the fyftem of the beft is fo far from weakening those natural ar- guments , that it ...
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... Such is the world's great harmony , that fprings From Order , Union , full Confent of things . Where Small and great , where weak and mighty , made To ferve , not fuffer ; ftrengthen , not invade , & c . Er . iii . ver . 295 . Which ...
... Such is the world's great harmony , that fprings From Order , Union , full Confent of things . Where Small and great , where weak and mighty , made To ferve , not fuffer ; ftrengthen , not invade , & c . Er . iii . ver . 295 . Which ...
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... Such as the mathematical demonftrations concerning the fmall quantity of matter ; the endless divifibility of it , & c . VER . 48. Mere curious pleasure , or ingenious pain ; ] That is , when Admiration fets the mind on the rack . VER ...
... Such as the mathematical demonftrations concerning the fmall quantity of matter ; the endless divifibility of it , & c . VER . 48. Mere curious pleasure , or ingenious pain ; ] That is , when Admiration fets the mind on the rack . VER ...
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... such a view As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too : The hour conceal'd , and so remote the fear , Death ftill draws nearer , never seeming near . Great ftanding miracle ! that Heav'n affign'd Its only thinking thing this turn ...
... such a view As , while he dreads it , makes him hope it too : The hour conceal'd , and so remote the fear , Death ftill draws nearer , never seeming near . Great ftanding miracle ! that Heav'n affign'd Its only thinking thing this turn ...
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... Such as the fouls of cowards might conceive , And , form'd like tyrants , tyrants would believe , 260 Zeal then , not charity , became the guide ; And hell was built on spite , and heav'n on pride . Then facred feem'd th ' etherial ...
... Such as the fouls of cowards might conceive , And , form'd like tyrants , tyrants would believe , 260 Zeal then , not charity , became the guide ; And hell was built on spite , and heav'n on pride . Then facred feem'd th ' etherial ...
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abfurd againſt balance of Happiness beafts Beaſt becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs bliſs Catiline Caufe cauſe chufing conclufion confequence confifts creature defcribes earth Effay epiftle Eſſay Ev'n ev'ry Evil exprefs faid fame fays fecond fenfe ferves fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt folly fome fool form'd foul ftate ftill ftrength ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport fyftem gives greateſt Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf Hope human illuftration inftance int'reft itſelf juft juſt lefs leſs Lord Man's Manichæan Mankind mind moral moſt muft muſt natural evil Nature Nature's neceffary NOTES obfervation paffage Paffions perfect philofophic Plato pleaſure poet pow'rs prefent pride purpoſe Reaſon reft rife ruling Angels Self-love ſenſe ſmall ſphere ſpirit ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro truth Tyrant univerfal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue weakneſs whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom
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Página 101 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Página 32 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 121 - And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay: If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way.
Página 4 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Página 49 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Página 91 - But mutual wants this happiness increase, All nature's difference keeps all nature's peace. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing, Bliss is the same in subject or in king; In who obtain defence, or who defend, In him who is, or him who finds a friend : Heaven breathes through every member of the whole One common blessing as one common soul.
Página 106 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Página 67 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Página 54 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty giv'n, 265 The poor contents him With the care of Heav'n.
Página 70 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.