The Works of the English Poets: BlackmoreH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... greater number of thefe irreligious philofophers . The mafters , who fuc- ceeded their famous founder Pythagoras , foon degene- rated from his noble and pious principles , and not only corrupted the purity of his doctrine , but became ...
... greater number of thefe irreligious philofophers . The mafters , who fuc- ceeded their famous founder Pythagoras , foon degene- rated from his noble and pious principles , and not only corrupted the purity of his doctrine , but became ...
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... greater genius , will not undergo the trouble of reading and confidering the argu- ments expressed in a manner to them obfcure , dry , and difagreeable . I have therefore formed a poem on this great and important fubject , that I might ...
... greater genius , will not undergo the trouble of reading and confidering the argu- ments expressed in a manner to them obfcure , dry , and difagreeable . I have therefore formed a poem on this great and important fubject , that I might ...
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... greater degrees of perfpicuity , more variety of argument , as well as eafy and familiar expreffion , that , the ftyle be- ing more pleafing , and the demonftration more readily apprehended , it may leave a deeper impreffion , and its ...
... greater degrees of perfpicuity , more variety of argument , as well as eafy and familiar expreffion , that , the ftyle be- ing more pleafing , and the demonftration more readily apprehended , it may leave a deeper impreffion , and its ...
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... greater kind , the mixture of the Pagan theology muft , by all who are mafters of reflection and good fenfe , be condemned , if not as impious , at least as impertinent and absurd . And this is a truth fo clear and evident , that I make ...
... greater kind , the mixture of the Pagan theology muft , by all who are mafters of reflection and good fenfe , be condemned , if not as impious , at least as impertinent and absurd . And this is a truth fo clear and evident , that I make ...
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... greater afsurance of the truth of their max- ims , than Epicurus and Lucretius did ; or infult their adverfaries with greater contempt than thofe have done yet these men themselves , at least many of them , allow thofe philofophers were ...
... greater afsurance of the truth of their max- ims , than Epicurus and Lucretius did ; or infult their adverfaries with greater contempt than thofe have done yet these men themselves , at least many of them , allow thofe philofophers were ...
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æther affert Anaxagoras ariſe aſk Atheiſts atoms beaſts caufe cauſe Chance chufe chyle conftant courfe courſe defcend defign defign'd demonftration difplay divine earth eaſe endued Epicurean Epicurus eternal exiftence exiſtence fame fate fchools feat fecret fenfe fhould fide fince firft firſt fkies flood flow folar fome force form'd fource fpacious fpirits fpread fpring frame ftill ftores ftreams ftrong fubject fuch fuperior fyftem glebe globe heavenly hills honour immenfe impulfive irreligion juft juſt labour laws lefs light Lucretians Lucretius mafs mind motion move muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er neceffity o'er Obferve orbs pafs philofophers plain pleaſe pleaſure purſue race reafon reft religion rife ſcheme ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpace ſphere ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill taſk tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand uſe vaft vapours various veins vigour weft Whence whofe wife winds wondrous
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Page 108 - Does not the river from the mountain flow, And bring down riches to the vale below? See how the torrent rolls the golden sand From the high ridges to the flatter land. The lofty lines abound with endless store Of mineral treasure, and metallic ore; With precious veins of silver, copper, tin, Without how barren, yet how rich within!
Page 192 - TV admitted nitre agitates the flood, .Revives its fire, and referments the blood. Behold, the streams now change their languid blue, Regain their glory, and their flame renew. With scarlet honours re-adorn'd the tide Leaps on, and bright with more than Tyrian pride, Advances to the heart, and fills -the cave On the left side, which the first motion gave. Now through the same involv'd arterial ways, Again th' exploded jets th
Page 22 - If you say he has broken any law, tell us the law, and by whom it was made. If the laws of the supreme being are set aside, we can lie under no regulation, but have an unbounded liberty over all our actions.
Page 93 - Amidst the glebe, small hollow fibres shoots ; Which drink with thirsty mouths the vital juice, And to the limbs and leaves their food diffuse : Peculiar pores peculiar juice receive, To this deny, to that admittance give.
Page 81 - Saturn in thirty years his ring completes, Which swifter Jupiter in twelve repeats. Mars three and twenty months revolving spends; The earth in twelve her annual journey ends. Venus, thy race in twice four months is run; For his, Mercurius three demands; the moon Her revolution finishes in one. If all at once are mov'd, and by one spring, Why so unequal is their annual ring...
Page 54 - See, how the rip'ning fruits the gardens crown, * Imbibe the sun, and make his light their own. See the...
Page 170 - Nature's power. Hence metals, plants, and minerals arise, The clouds and all the meteors of the skies ! Hence all the clans that haunt the hill or wood, That beat the air, or cut the limpid flood! Even man, their lord, hence into being came, Breath'd the pure air, and felt the vital flame!
Page 178 - From animated rock and flint began. Now to the learned schools of (Greece repair, Who chance the author of the world declare : Then judge if wise philosophers excel Those idle tales, which wanton poets tell.
Page 97 - The' alternate sovereigns of the night and day; View the wide earth adorn'd with hills and woods, Rich in her herds, and fertile by her floods ; Walk through the deep apartments of the main, Ascend the air to visit clouds and rain ; And, while we...
Page 24 - I persuade myself the Epicurean philosophy had not lived so long, nor been so much esteemed, had it not been kept alive and propagated by the famous poem...