The Works of the English Poets: BlackmoreH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Epicurean scheme : this , I believe , I have plainly proved in the following poem . As to the modern Atheists , Vaninus , Hobbes , and Spinofa ; I have spoken of them in their turn , and shall not anticipate what is faid hereafter . I ...
... Epicurean scheme : this , I believe , I have plainly proved in the following poem . As to the modern Atheists , Vaninus , Hobbes , and Spinofa ; I have spoken of them in their turn , and shall not anticipate what is faid hereafter . I ...
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... Epicurean philofophy had not lived fo long , nor been fo much efteemed , had it not been kept alive and propagated by the famous poem of Lucretius . I have chofen to demonftrate the exiftence of a God from the marks of wisdom , defign ...
... Epicurean philofophy had not lived fo long , nor been fo much efteemed , had it not been kept alive and propagated by the famous poem of Lucretius . I have chofen to demonftrate the exiftence of a God from the marks of wisdom , defign ...
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... Epicurean fcheme , as the foundation of their opinions . If thefe great maf- ters , notwithstanding their unexampled confidence , have been mistaken , why may not their fucceffors be fo : If they fet up Ariftotle's scheme , and think ...
... Epicurean fcheme , as the foundation of their opinions . If thefe great maf- ters , notwithstanding their unexampled confidence , have been mistaken , why may not their fucceffors be fo : If they fet up Ariftotle's scheme , and think ...
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... Epicurean fcheme to accomplish that end . Religion only capable of fubduing those fears . The hypo- thefis of Epicurus concerning the formation of the univerfe fhewn to be abfurd . I. In a more general furvey of the parts of the ...
... Epicurean fcheme to accomplish that end . Religion only capable of fubduing those fears . The hypo- thefis of Epicurus concerning the formation of the univerfe fhewn to be abfurd . I. In a more general furvey of the parts of the ...
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... Epicurean formation of the heavens very ridiculous . No account given by the Epicureans how the fun and ftars are upheld in fluid æther . Their idle account of the formation of the air . The variety of figure and fize given by Epicurus ...
... Epicurean formation of the heavens very ridiculous . No account given by the Epicureans how the fun and ftars are upheld in fluid æther . Their idle account of the formation of the air . The variety of figure and fize given by Epicurus ...
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æther affert Anaxagoras ariſe aſk Atheiſts atoms beaſts caufe cauſe Chance chufe chyle conftant courfe courſe defcend defign defign'd demonftration difplay divine earth eaſe endued Epicurean Epicurus eternal exiftence exiſtence fame fate fchools feat fecret fenfe fhould fide fince firft firſt fkies flood flow folar fome force form'd fource fpacious fpirits fpread fpring frame ftill ftores ftreams ftrong fubject fuch fuperior fyftem glebe globe heavenly hills honour immenfe impulfive irreligion juft juſt labour laws lefs light Lucretians Lucretius mafs mind motion move muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er neceffity o'er Obferve orbs pafs philofophers plain pleaſe pleaſure purſue race reafon reft religion rife ſcheme ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpace ſphere ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill taſk tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand uſe vaft vapours various veins vigour weft Whence whofe wife winds wondrous
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Страница 22 - If you say he has broken any law, tell us the law, and by whom it was made. If the laws of the supreme being are set aside, we can lie under no regulation, but have an unbounded liberty over all our actions.
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Страница 81 - Saturn in thirty years his ring completes, Which swifter Jupiter in twelve repeats. Mars three and twenty months revolving spends; The earth in twelve her annual journey ends. Venus, thy race in twice four months is run; For his, Mercurius three demands; the moon Her revolution finishes in one. If all at once are mov'd, and by one spring, Why so unequal is their annual ring...
Страница 54 - See, how the rip'ning fruits the gardens crown, * Imbibe the sun, and make his light their own. See the...
Страница 170 - Nature's power. Hence metals, plants, and minerals arise, The clouds and all the meteors of the skies ! Hence all the clans that haunt the hill or wood, That beat the air, or cut the limpid flood! Even man, their lord, hence into being came, Breath'd the pure air, and felt the vital flame!
Страница 178 - From animated rock and flint began. Now to the learned schools of (Greece repair, Who chance the author of the world declare : Then judge if wise philosophers excel Those idle tales, which wanton poets tell.
Страница 97 - The' alternate sovereigns of the night and day; View the wide earth adorn'd with hills and woods, Rich in her herds, and fertile by her floods ; Walk through the deep apartments of the main, Ascend the air to visit clouds and rain ; And, while we...
Страница 24 - I persuade myself the Epicurean philosophy had not lived so long, nor been so much esteemed, had it not been kept alive and propagated by the famous poem...