Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Pàgina xiv
... led : 195 Lo , Shaftfb'ry rears her high on Reason's throne , And loads the Slave with honours not her own : Big - fwoln with folly , as her smiles provoke , 201 Prophaneness spawns , pert Dunces nurse the joke ! Come , let us join a ...
... led : 195 Lo , Shaftfb'ry rears her high on Reason's throne , And loads the Slave with honours not her own : Big - fwoln with folly , as her smiles provoke , 201 Prophaneness spawns , pert Dunces nurse the joke ! Come , let us join a ...
Pàgina 88
... led Mankind from natural to civil Society . These were the invention and improvement of Arts . For while Mankind lived in a mere ftate of Nature , there was no need of any other government than the Paternal ; but when Arts were found ...
... led Mankind from natural to civil Society . These were the invention and improvement of Arts . For while Mankind lived in a mere ftate of Nature , there was no need of any other government than the Paternal ; but when Arts were found ...
Pàgina 90
... led Mankind from na- tural to civil Society , namely , the invention and improvement of Arts . Now here , on his conclusion of this account , and his entry upon the defcription of civil Society itself , he connects the two parts the ...
... led Mankind from na- tural to civil Society , namely , the invention and improvement of Arts . Now here , on his conclusion of this account , and his entry upon the defcription of civil Society itself , he connects the two parts the ...
Pàgina 93
... led men to inftitute civil government , led them at the same time to institute a governor . However , that it is true that the fame wisdom or valour , which gained regal obedience from fons to the fire , procured kings a paternal ...
... led men to inftitute civil government , led them at the same time to institute a governor . However , that it is true that the fame wisdom or valour , which gained regal obedience from fons to the fire , procured kings a paternal ...
Pàgina 114
... led them in search of imaginary perfections , unsuitable to their nature and station ( see Ep . i . ) which ended in Vanity . Of those who placed it in Ease , the contemplative station they were fixed in made fome , for their quiet ...
... led them in search of imaginary perfections , unsuitable to their nature and station ( see Ep . i . ) which ended in Vanity . Of those who placed it in Ease , the contemplative station they were fixed in made fome , for their quiet ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Pàgina 109 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Pàgina 28 - Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! —oh madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX.
Pàgina 29 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Pàgina 150 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Pàgina 12 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Pàgina 82 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Pàgina 67 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Pàgina 40 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Pàgina 27 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.