The Works of the English Poets: BlackmoreH. Hughs, 1779 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 35
Page 5
... matters of religion , who la- bour to ftem the tide of popular error , and strike at the foundations of any ancient , eftablished fuperftition , muft themselves expect to be treated as pragmátical and infolent innovators , difturbers of ...
... matters of religion , who la- bour to ftem the tide of popular error , and strike at the foundations of any ancient , eftablished fuperftition , muft themselves expect to be treated as pragmátical and infolent innovators , difturbers of ...
Page 10
... matter , it was abfolutely neceffary to affert a Divine Mind , the Contriver and Maker of the world ; and for this religi- ous principle , as was faid before , he was at Athens an illuftrious confeffor . After the death of Socrates ...
... matter , it was abfolutely neceffary to affert a Divine Mind , the Contriver and Maker of the world ; and for this religi- ous principle , as was faid before , he was at Athens an illuftrious confeffor . After the death of Socrates ...
Page 20
... But there is little appearance that they will be ever prevailed on to confider this matter with deliberate and unprejudiced thought ; and , therefore , I am not fo fanguine to think , that any arguments I can 20 то PREFACE.
... But there is little appearance that they will be ever prevailed on to confider this matter with deliberate and unprejudiced thought ; and , therefore , I am not fo fanguine to think , that any arguments I can 20 то PREFACE.
Page 21
... matter with the gravity that becomes the impor- tance of the fubject . But , fince the gentlemen who own no obligations of religion for the rule of behaviour , fet up in its ftead a fpurious principle , which they call honour , and a ...
... matter with the gravity that becomes the impor- tance of the fubject . But , fince the gentlemen who own no obligations of religion for the rule of behaviour , fet up in its ftead a fpurious principle , which they call honour , and a ...
Page 23
... matters . Befides , whoever believes himself free from the obligations of divine pre- cepts , cannot look on himself as bound by any human laws . He may indeed , from the apprehenfion of pu- nishment , forbear an action thus forbidden ...
... matters . Befides , whoever believes himself free from the obligations of divine pre- cepts , cannot look on himself as bound by any human laws . He may indeed , from the apprehenfion of pu- nishment , forbear an action thus forbidden ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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...