The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... 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 the extremes of doctrines feemingly oppofite ...
... 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 the extremes of doctrines feemingly oppofite ...
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... against Providence , while on the one hand he demands the Perfections of the Angels , and on the other the bodily qualifications of the Brutes ; though , to poffefs any of the fenfitive faculties in a higher de- gree , would render him ...
... against Providence , while on the one hand he demands the Perfections of the Angels , and on the other the bodily qualifications of the Brutes ; though , to poffefs any of the fenfitive faculties in a higher de- gree , would render him ...
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... against Providence ( 114. ) fuch NOTES . VER . 12. Of all who blindly creep , & c . ] i . e . Those who only follow the blind guidance of their Paffions ; or those who leave behind them common sense and sober reason , in their high ...
... against Providence ( 114. ) fuch NOTES . VER . 12. Of all who blindly creep , & c . ] i . e . Those who only follow the blind guidance of their Paffions ; or those who leave behind them common sense and sober reason , in their high ...
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... against Pro- vidence . And in the second , he obviates all thofe ob- jections , by a true delineation of human Nature ; or a general , but exa & t , map of Man . The first epiftle is em- ployed in the management of the first part of ...
... against Pro- vidence . And in the second , he obviates all thofe ob- jections , by a true delineation of human Nature ; or a general , but exa & t , map of Man . The first epiftle is em- ployed in the management of the first part of ...
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... examination , shew as well the abfurdity of their complaints against Order , as the fruitleness of their enquiries into the arcana of the Godhead . Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's C 4 EP . I. 7 ESSAY ON MAN .
... examination , shew as well the abfurdity of their complaints against Order , as the fruitleness of their enquiries into the arcana of the Godhead . Or afk of yonder argent fields above , Why Jove's C 4 EP . I. 7 ESSAY ON MAN .
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