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 pages |
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Page vii
... extremes of doctrines feemingly oppofite ; in paffing over terms utterly unintelligible ; and in forming a femperate , yet not inconfiftent ; and a short , yet not imperfect fyftem of Ethics . This I might have done in profe ; but I.
... extremes of doctrines feemingly oppofite ; in paffing over terms utterly unintelligible ; and in forming a femperate , yet not inconfiftent ; and a short , yet not imperfect fyftem of Ethics . This I might have done in profe ; but I.
Page ix
... fyftem , being ignorant of the relations of fyftems and things , ver . 17 , & c . That Man is not to be deemed imperfect , but a Being fuited to his place and rank in the creation , agreea- ble to the general Order of Things , and ...
... fyftem , being ignorant of the relations of fyftems and things , ver . 17 , & c . That Man is not to be deemed imperfect , but a Being fuited to his place and rank in the creation , agreea- ble to the general Order of Things , and ...
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... fyftem into fyftem runs , 25 What other planets circle other funs , What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry ftar , May tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . But of this frame , the bearings , and the ties , The ftrong connexions , nice ...
... fyftem into fyftem runs , 25 What other planets circle other funs , What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry ftar , May tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . But of this frame , the bearings , and the ties , The ftrong connexions , nice ...
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... fyftem ( which is founded in a fublime and improved Platonifm ) the greater grace of uniformity . For HOPE was Plato's peculiar argument for a future ftate ; and the words here employed the foul uneafy , & c . his peculiar expreffion ...
... fyftem ( which is founded in a fublime and improved Platonifm ) the greater grace of uniformity . For HOPE was Plato's peculiar argument for a future ftate ; and the words here employed the foul uneafy , & c . his peculiar expreffion ...
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... fyftem of the beft is fo far from weakening those natural ar- guments , that it ftrengthens and fupports them . For if thofe evils , to which good men are fubject , be mere Dif- orders , without tendency to the greater good of the whole ...
... fyftem of the beft is fo far from weakening those natural ar- guments , that it ftrengthens and fupports them . For if thofe evils , to which good men are fubject , be mere Dif- orders , without tendency to the greater good of the whole ...
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Page 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.
Page 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!
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 106 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.