Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... beauty shine Wit's fhatter'd Mirror lies in fragments bright , Reflects not Nature , but confounds the fight . Dry Morals the Court - Poet blush'd to fing : 425 ' Twas all his praife to fay , " the oddest thing . " Proud for a jest ...
... beauty shine Wit's fhatter'd Mirror lies in fragments bright , Reflects not Nature , but confounds the fight . Dry Morals the Court - Poet blush'd to fing : 425 ' Twas all his praife to fay , " the oddest thing . " Proud for a jest ...
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... beauty and exactnefs . The fyf- tem of the Univerfe is a com- bination of natural and moral Fitneffes , as the human fyftem is , of body and fpirit . By the ftrong connections , therefore , the Poet alluded to the natural part ; and by ...
... beauty and exactnefs . The fyf- tem of the Univerfe is a com- bination of natural and moral Fitneffes , as the human fyftem is , of body and fpirit . By the ftrong connections , therefore , the Poet alluded to the natural part ; and by ...
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... beauty of argumentation to the fublimity of thought ; where the fimilar inftances , propofed for his adverfaries examination , fhew as well the abfurdity of their complaints against Order , as the fruitleness of their en- quiries into ...
... beauty of argumentation to the fublimity of thought ; where the fimilar inftances , propofed for his adverfaries examination , fhew as well the abfurdity of their complaints against Order , as the fruitleness of their en- quiries into ...
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... , is but the fecond beauty of this fine paffage . The greatest is the making the very dif penfation objected to , the para- phrafis of his Title . That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That B 3 EP . I. 21 ESSAY ON MAN .
... , is but the fecond beauty of this fine paffage . The greatest is the making the very dif penfation objected to , the para- phrafis of his Title . That never air or ocean felt the wind ; That B 3 EP . I. 21 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... Beauty of God's Creation , in which this animal is fubject to that , and every one to Man ; who by his Reason enjoys the fum of all their powers . NOTES . is arguing philofophically in a cafe that required him to em- ploy the real ...
... Beauty of God's Creation , in which this animal is fubject to that , and every one to Man ; who by his Reason enjoys the fum of all their powers . NOTES . is arguing philofophically in a cafe that required him to em- ploy the real ...
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abfurd againſt arifing Balaam beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffing bleft blifs Cæfar caufe cauſe Characters cife COMMENTARY conclufion confequently confifts courſe Dæmon defcribed defign Epiftle ev'ry evil faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond fenfe ferves fhall fhews fhould firft firſt folly fome fool foul ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem give Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf human illuftrates inftance itſelf juft juſt knave laſt lefs Mankind mind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary neral NOTES obfervation occafion ourſelves perfon philofophic Plato pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe prefent Pride principle purpoſe purſue racter raiſe Reafon reft Religion Riches rife riſe ruling Paffion Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſyſtem Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand thro tion true truth univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe wife wiſdom
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