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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Page iv
... tion of its great Author . Concerning the UNIVERSAL PRAYER , which concludes the Essay , it may be proper to observe , that , fome paffages in the Efay having been unjustly fufpected of a tendency towards Fate and iv ADVERTISEMENT .
... tion of its great Author . Concerning the UNIVERSAL PRAYER , which concludes the Essay , it may be proper to observe , that , fome paffages in the Efay having been unjustly fufpected of a tendency towards Fate and iv ADVERTISEMENT .
Page vi
... logic , fits inventing airy arguments in fupport of falfe fcience , while the human . Understanding at large is fuffered to lie wafte and uncultivated . THE DESIGN . HAVING propofed to write fome pieces on vi ADVERTISEMENT .
... logic , fits inventing airy arguments in fupport of falfe fcience , while the human . Understanding at large is fuffered to lie wafte and uncultivated . THE DESIGN . HAVING propofed to write fome pieces on vi ADVERTISEMENT .
Page vii
... fome pieces on Human Life and Manners , fuch as ( to ufe my Lord Bacon's expreffion ) come home to Men's Business and Befoms , I thought it more fatisfactory to begin with confidering Man in the abftract , his Nature and his State ...
... fome pieces on Human Life and Manners , fuch as ( to ufe my Lord Bacon's expreffion ) come home to Men's Business and Befoms , I thought it more fatisfactory to begin with confidering Man in the abftract , his Nature and his State ...
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... fome occafions , to reftrain their mirth : And that human crimes are fo flagitious , that the moft candid have feldom an oppor- tunity , on this fubject , to exercise their virtue . VER . 19 , 20. Of Man , what fee we but his ftation ...
... fome occafions , to reftrain their mirth : And that human crimes are fo flagitious , that the moft candid have feldom an oppor- tunity , on this fubject , to exercise their virtue . VER . 19 , 20. Of Man , what fee we but his ftation ...
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... of natural Re- . ligion . Hence it is , that , where he fuppofes diforders may tend to fome greater good in the natural world , he II.PrefumptuousMan ! the reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd 4 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
... of natural Re- . ligion . Hence it is , that , where he fuppofes diforders may tend to fome greater good in the natural world , he II.PrefumptuousMan ! the reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd 4 EP . I. ESSAY ON MAN .
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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