An Essay on Man: Enlarged and Improved by the Author, Together with His MS. Additions and Variations as in the Last Edition of His Works. With the Notes of William, Lord Bishop of GloucesterW. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777 - 124 pages |
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... faid , having bid Man comfort himself with expec- tation of future happiness , having fhewn him that this HOPE is an earnest of it , and put in one very ne- ceffary caution , Hope humbly then , with trembling pinions foar ; provoked at ...
... faid , having bid Man comfort himself with expec- tation of future happiness , having fhewn him that this HOPE is an earnest of it , and put in one very ne- ceffary caution , Hope humbly then , with trembling pinions foar ; provoked at ...
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... faid , Νοήματα τινι διοίσει , τὸ μὴ φαλάσματα εἶναι ἢ ἐδὲ ταῦτα φαν τάσματα ἀλλ ̓ ἐκ ἄνευ φαλασμάτων . The conceptions of the Mind differ fomewhat from fenfible images ; they are not fenfible images , and yet not quite free or ...
... faid , Νοήματα τινι διοίσει , τὸ μὴ φαλάσματα εἶναι ἢ ἐδὲ ταῦτα φαν τάσματα ἀλλ ̓ ἐκ ἄνευ φαλασμάτων . The conceptions of the Mind differ fomewhat from fenfible images ; they are not fenfible images , and yet not quite free or ...
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... faid from ver . 18. to this effect : Go now , vain Man , elated with thy acquirements in real fcience , and imaginary intimacy with God ; go , and run into all the extrava- gances I have exploded in the first epiftle , where thou ...
... faid from ver . 18. to this effect : Go now , vain Man , elated with thy acquirements in real fcience , and imaginary intimacy with God ; go , and run into all the extrava- gances I have exploded in the first epiftle , where thou ...
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... faid to be the maker ; fo new , that we have yet no name for it , though of a nature diftinct from every other poetical excellence . The two great perfections of works of genius are WIT and SUBLIMITY . Many writers have been witty ...
... faid to be the maker ; fo new , that we have yet no name for it , though of a nature diftinct from every other poetical excellence . The two great perfections of works of genius are WIT and SUBLIMITY . Many writers have been witty ...
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... faid , that no one would change his profeffion or views for thofe of another , intended to carry his obfervation ftill further , and fhew that Men were unwilling to ex- change their own acquirements even for those of the fame kind ...
... faid , that no one would change his profeffion or views for thofe of another , intended to carry his obfervation ftill further , and fhew that Men were unwilling to ex- change their own acquirements even for those of the fame kind ...
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ALEXANDER POPE Angels balance of Happiness beafts Beaſt becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs Catiline Caufe Cauſe chufe conclufion confequence confifts creature defcribed earth Efay Effay epiftle ev'ry evil exerciſe exprefs faid fame fays fecond fenfe ferves fev'ral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt focial folly fome fool form'd foul ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport future ftate fyftem gives Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf Hope human Inftinct int'reft itſelf juft juſt lefs less than Angel Lord Man's Manichæan Mankind mind moral moſt muft muſt natural evil Nature Nature's NOTES obfervation paffage paffions perfect Philofophical Plato pleaſure Poet pow'rs praiſe prefent pride purpoſe Reaſon reft rife ruling Angels Self-love Sir Ifaac ſmall ſphere ſpread ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion truth univerfal uſe VARIATIONS Vice Virtue wants whofe whole whoſe wife Wiſdom