Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... observation . The difputes are all upon these laft , and , I will venture to fay , they have lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than advanced the theory , of ...
... observation . The difputes are all upon these laft , and , I will venture to fay , they have lefs fharpened the wits than the hearts of men against each other , and have diminished the practice , more than advanced the theory , of ...
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... here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to observe their effects , may be a task more agree- able . A N ESSAY on MAN , I N FOUR EPISTLES THE DESIGN .
... here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers , to follow them in their course , and to observe their effects , may be a task more agree- able . A N ESSAY on MAN , I N FOUR EPISTLES THE DESIGN .
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... Observe how system into system runs , What other planets circle other funs , COMMENTARY . 25 three following in the management of the fecond . So that this whole book conftitutes a complete Essay on Man , written for the best purpose ...
... Observe how system into system runs , What other planets circle other funs , COMMENTARY . 25 three following in the management of the fecond . So that this whole book conftitutes a complete Essay on Man , written for the best purpose ...
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... whofe operations , throughout the whole duration of the uni- on , fo exactly jumped , that whenever an idea was excited , a concordant motion was ever The poet , we may observe , is here speaking G 4 EP . III . 103 ESSAY ON MAN .
... whofe operations , throughout the whole duration of the uni- on , fo exactly jumped , that whenever an idea was excited , a concordant motion was ever The poet , we may observe , is here speaking G 4 EP . III . 103 ESSAY ON MAN .
Страница 105
... observe , is here speaking , not of civil Society at large , but of a just legitimate Policy : Now mix'd States are of fe- veral kinds ; in fome of which the Democratic , in others the Ariftocratic , and in others the Monarchic form ...
... observe , is here speaking , not of civil Society at large , but of a just legitimate Policy : Now mix'd States are of fe- veral kinds ; in fome of which the Democratic , in others the Ariftocratic , and in others the Monarchic form ...
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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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