Reflection: A Poem, in Four Cantos ...R. Cruttwell, 1790 - 278 страница |
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... very little poem in a better and more intelligible state than it then food in . This is a little mysterious , and no loss to be sure to the reader , if it remain fo . That - That I could go through a poem of three PREFACE . ix.
... very little poem in a better and more intelligible state than it then food in . This is a little mysterious , and no loss to be sure to the reader , if it remain fo . That - That I could go through a poem of three PREFACE . ix.
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... sure his spring ) Should , felf - deceiv'd , fome fancy bring , Some fav'rite fancy , to destroy The means himself e'en should employ , Those very things he wants , to fee , Objects of that Curiofity.- You Thinkers ; you , who would ...
... sure his spring ) Should , felf - deceiv'd , fome fancy bring , Some fav'rite fancy , to destroy The means himself e'en should employ , Those very things he wants , to fee , Objects of that Curiofity.- You Thinkers ; you , who would ...
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... fenfes ) can fay or think about them all ? Sure WARBURTON felt fome damp on his mind in quibbling out his illustration here . + A ftrange word for philofophy and system ! Still in his lov'd connection's road , Yes , from [ 50 ]
... fenfes ) can fay or think about them all ? Sure WARBURTON felt fome damp on his mind in quibbling out his illustration here . + A ftrange word for philofophy and system ! Still in his lov'd connection's road , Yes , from [ 50 ]
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... Sure this is more like some ignorant , romantic , or vifionary Mifs ; or perhaps , his own poor Indian's " untutored mind , " who faw GOD in clouds , or heard him in the wind , " than the well - informed manly philo . fopher , whose ...
... Sure this is more like some ignorant , romantic , or vifionary Mifs ; or perhaps , his own poor Indian's " untutored mind , " who faw GOD in clouds , or heard him in the wind , " than the well - informed manly philo . fopher , whose ...
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... Sure to fubdue them where he can : And ftill " it is ( ' midft ev'ry woe ) " A god - like attribute to KNOW ! " Oh ! tell me , you , yourselves to cheat , Who , or disjoin , or gladly meet ; What is the gain or joy you find , Thus ...
... Sure to fubdue them where he can : And ftill " it is ( ' midft ev'ry woe ) " A god - like attribute to KNOW ! " Oh ! tell me , you , yourselves to cheat , Who , or disjoin , or gladly meet ; What is the gain or joy you find , Thus ...
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abfurd againſt alfo allude almoſt alſo anſwer aſk beſt Canto cauſe confequently confideration courſe defire diftinct e'en Effay eſpecially exiſtence faid fame feel feems feen fenfe fhall fhew fince firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul ftill fubject fuch fuperior fuppofe fure GENIUS gentleman giv'n give himſelf honour hope houſe inftance inſtinct itſelf judge juſt laſt leaſt lefs leſs mean meaſure methinks mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature Nature's obfervations object occafion ourſelves paffage perfon perhaps philofophic pleaſe poem poffibly Pope pow'r preſent profe purſue queſtion reader reaſon reflection reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtop ſtrange ſuch ſuppoſe taſte tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thou thought true truth underſtanding uſed verſe whofe wiſh word writing yourſelf
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