The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Moral essaysC. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... ly oppofite , in paffing over terms utterly unintelli- gible , and in forming a temperate , yet not inconfiftent , and a fort , yet not imperfect , fyftem of Ethics . VOL . III . D This This I might have done in profe ; but I ( 33 )
... ly oppofite , in paffing over terms utterly unintelli- gible , and in forming a temperate , yet not inconfiftent , and a fort , yet not imperfect , fyftem of Ethics . VOL . III . D This This I might have done in profe ; but I ( 33 )
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... fyftem , being ignorant of the re- lations of fyftems and things , Ver . 17 , etc. II . That Man is not to be deemed imperfect , but a Being fuited to his place and rank in the creation , agreeable to the general Order of things , and ...
... fyftem , being ignorant of the re- lations of fyftems and things , Ver . 17 , etc. II . That Man is not to be deemed imperfect , but a Being fuited to his place and rank in the creation , agreeable to the general Order of things , and ...
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... fyftem , to de- NOTES . monftrate to Man . Milton was addreffing himself to BELIEVERS , and delivering reafons , or explaining the ways of God : his idea , the word juftify , precifely conveys . Pope was addreffing hini- self to ...
... fyftem , to de- NOTES . monftrate to Man . Milton was addreffing himself to BELIEVERS , and delivering reafons , or explaining the ways of God : his idea , the word juftify , precifely conveys . Pope was addreffing hini- self to ...
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... fyftem into fyftem runs , What other planets circle other funs , What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry fiar , 25 May tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . But of this frame , the bearings and the ties , The ftrong connections , nice ...
... fyftem into fyftem runs , What other planets circle other funs , What vary'd Being peoples ev'ry fiar , 25 May tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . But of this frame , the bearings and the ties , The ftrong connections , nice ...
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... fyftem of NATU- RALISM , on the Philofophy of Bolingbroke , but a fyftem of NATURAL RELIGION on the Philofophy of Newton . Hence it is , that where he fuppofes diforders may tend to fome greater good in the natural world , he fuppofes ...
... fyftem of NATU- RALISM , on the Philofophy of Bolingbroke , but a fyftem of NATURAL RELIGION on the Philofophy of Newton . Hence it is , that where he fuppofes diforders may tend to fome greater good in the natural world , he fuppofes ...
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