Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... 'nous Vice , etc. ] Alluding to these Lines of Mr. Pope ; In the nice Bee what Art fo fubtly true From poys'nous Herbs extracts a healing Dew ? Undaunted storms the batt❜ry of his pride , And awes X ESSAY ON SATIRE .
... 'nous Vice , etc. ] Alluding to these Lines of Mr. Pope ; In the nice Bee what Art fo fubtly true From poys'nous Herbs extracts a healing Dew ? Undaunted storms the batt❜ry of his pride , And awes X ESSAY ON SATIRE .
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... lines , is taken up giving an account of the Subject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Enquiry into his Na- ture and End , his Paffions and Purfuits . The Exordium relates to the whole work , of ...
... lines , is taken up giving an account of the Subject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Enquiry into his Na- ture and End , his Paffions and Purfuits . The Exordium relates to the whole work , of ...
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... lines , If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's defign , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? Who knows , but he , whofe hand the light'ning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a ...
... lines , If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's defign , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? Who knows , but he , whofe hand the light'ning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce Ambition in a ...
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... lines the poet has joined the beauty of argumentation to the fublimity of thought ; where the fimilar inftances , propofed for his adverfaries examination , fhew as well the abfurdity of their complaints against Order , as the ...
... lines the poet has joined the beauty of argumentation to the fublimity of thought ; where the fimilar inftances , propofed for his adverfaries examination , fhew as well the abfurdity of their complaints against Order , as the ...
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... lines immediately following confine us ; Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod , Re - judge his justice , be the God of God . VER . 123. In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our error lies ; & c . ] NOTES . VER.123.InPride , & c ...
... lines immediately following confine us ; Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod , Re - judge his justice , be the God of God . VER . 123. In Pride , in reas'ning Pride , our error lies ; & c . ] NOTES . VER.123.InPride , & c ...
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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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