A Critical and philosophical Commentay on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man. In which is contain'd a Vindication of the said Essay from the misrepresentations of Mr. de Resnel, the French translator, and of Mr. de Crousaz ... the commentatorJ. and P. Knapton, 1742 - 188 pages |
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... will be naturally inclined to give the Reins to his Paffions , as it is fubmitting to that Fate which muft at last abfo- lutely turn and direct them , But But after all , the moft powerful Ar- gument for DEDICATION . XV.
... will be naturally inclined to give the Reins to his Paffions , as it is fubmitting to that Fate which muft at last abfo- lutely turn and direct them , But But after all , the moft powerful Ar- gument for DEDICATION . XV.
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... Paffions , and Purfuits : A mighty Maze ! -but not without a Plan , as Mr. De Groufaz and I have found it , between us . The next Line tells us with what Defign he wrote , viz . To vindicate the Ways of God to Man . a They are contained ...
... Paffions , and Purfuits : A mighty Maze ! -but not without a Plan , as Mr. De Groufaz and I have found it , between us . The next Line tells us with what Defign he wrote , viz . To vindicate the Ways of God to Man . a They are contained ...
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... Paffion discompos'd the Mind . But then confider , that as our material System is fupported by the Strife of its Elementary Particles , fo is our intellectual Syftem by the Conflict of our Paffions , which are the Elements of human ...
... Paffion discompos'd the Mind . But then confider , that as our material System is fupported by the Strife of its Elementary Particles , fo is our intellectual Syftem by the Conflict of our Paffions , which are the Elements of human ...
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... Paffions , that Harmony , and Virtue , the Effects of the Absence of those Paffions , would be a lifeless Calm , a ftoical Apathy , Contracted all , retiring to the Breast : But Health of Mind is Exercife , not Rest . Ep . 2. 1. 93 ...
... Paffions , that Harmony , and Virtue , the Effects of the Absence of those Paffions , would be a lifeless Calm , a ftoical Apathy , Contracted all , retiring to the Breast : But Health of Mind is Exercife , not Rest . Ep . 2. 1. 93 ...
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... Paffions are neceffary . — To what ? Not to Man's Happi- nefs here , but to the Perfection of the Universe in general . So that , If Plagues or Earthquakes break not Heav'n's Defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ? On which the ...
... Paffions are neceffary . — To what ? Not to Man's Happi- nefs here , but to the Perfection of the Universe in general . So that , If Plagues or Earthquakes break not Heav'n's Defign , Why then a Borgia or a Catiline ? On which the ...
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