The Works of Alexander Pope;J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... equal or alike ; even so excesses and contrary qualities contribute to the proportion and harmony of the universal system : That it is not strange that we should not be able to discover perfection and order in every instance ; because ...
... equal or alike ; even so excesses and contrary qualities contribute to the proportion and harmony of the universal system : That it is not strange that we should not be able to discover perfection and order in every instance ; because ...
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... equal ease and success , have painted the happiness of our present state , and given it the appearance of a paradise . " This is the passage of Wollaston , which Bolingbroke has so much ridiculed . Works , vol . ii . p . 110 . Ver . 64 ...
... equal ease and success , have painted the happiness of our present state , and given it the appearance of a paradise . " This is the passage of Wollaston , which Bolingbroke has so much ridiculed . Works , vol . ii . p . 110 . Ver . 64 ...
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... of the argumentative parts of the Essay , and interesting the reader . No happier pas- sage can be found in our author's works , though Johnson thought otherwise . Who sees with equal eye , as God of all 18 ESSAY ON MAN .
... of the argumentative parts of the Essay , and interesting the reader . No happier pas- sage can be found in our author's works , though Johnson thought otherwise . Who sees with equal eye , as God of all 18 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... equal eye , & c . ] Matt . x . 29 . Ver . 97. The soul ( uneasy , and confin'd ) ] “ In the old editions , it was , confin'd at home , which was altered at the persuasion of the divine , against the sense of the poet . The point to be ...
... equal eye , & c . ] Matt . x . 29 . Ver . 97. The soul ( uneasy , and confin'd ) ] “ In the old editions , it was , confin'd at home , which was altered at the persuasion of the divine , against the sense of the poet . The point to be ...
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... equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . 110 115 IV . Go , wiser thou ! and , in thy scale of sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , Here he gives too little , there ...
... equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . 110 115 IV . Go , wiser thou ! and , in thy scale of sense , Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such , Say , Here he gives too little , there ...
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Page 13 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 35 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 157 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heav'n pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, To enjoy is to obey.
Page 15 - 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 158 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, 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, O teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 16 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 92 - 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 86 - Nature that tyrant checks; he only knows, And helps, another creature's wants and woes. Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove?
Page 49 - With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, 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 reas'ning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much...
Page 156 - To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.