Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... inftance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the folly of thinking every thing made folely for the ufe of Man ; without the leaft regard to any other of God's creatures : Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine , & c . The ...
... inftance of one of the effects of Pride , which is the folly of thinking every thing made folely for the ufe of Man ; without the leaft regard to any other of God's creatures : Ask for what end the heav'nly bodies shine , & c . The ...
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... inftance of his fteering ( as he well expresses it in his preface ) between Do & rines feem- ingly oppofite : If his Effay has any merit , he thinks it is in this . And doubtless it is uncommon merit to reject the extravagances of every ...
... inftance of his fteering ( as he well expresses it in his preface ) between Do & rines feem- ingly oppofite : If his Effay has any merit , he thinks it is in this . And doubtless it is uncommon merit to reject the extravagances of every ...
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... is obferved to poffefs them . NOTES . VER . 202. Stunn'd him with the mufic of the fpheres , ] This inftance is poetical and even fublime , but mifplaced . He How would he wish that Heav'n had left him still EP . I. .25 ESSAY ON MAN .
... is obferved to poffefs them . NOTES . VER . 202. Stunn'd him with the mufic of the fpheres , ] This inftance is poetical and even fublime , but mifplaced . He How would he wish that Heav'n had left him still EP . I. .25 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... inftance in the great Newton himfelf ; whom , when fuperior beings , not long fince , faw capable of unfolding the whole law of Nature , they were in up . | doubt whether the owner of fuch prodigious fcience should not be reckoned of ...
... inftance in the great Newton himfelf ; whom , when fuperior beings , not long fince , faw capable of unfolding the whole law of Nature , they were in up . | doubt whether the owner of fuch prodigious fcience should not be reckoned of ...
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... inftance of great moment , the general thefis , That God makes Ill , at every step , productive of Good . VER . 270. - the poet in his Mufe . ] The author having faid , that no one would change his profeffion or views for thofe of ...
... inftance of great moment , the general thefis , That God makes Ill , at every step , productive of Good . VER . 270. - the poet in his Mufe . ] The author having faid , that no one would change his profeffion or views for thofe of ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs Cæfar caufe cauſe Characters cife COMMENTARY conclufion confequently confifts courſe Dæmon defcribed defign Epiftle ev'ry evil faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond fenfe ferves fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem give Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrates inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laſt lefs Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion ourſelves perfon philofophic Plato pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe prefent Pride principle purpoſe purſue racter raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife riſe ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſyſtem Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand thro tion true truth univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom
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Page 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 109 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Page 28 - Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! —oh madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX.
Page 29 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Page 150 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Page 12 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 82 - 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.
Page 67 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Page 40 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Page 27 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.