An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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Page 43
... against Dryden . † Another line likewise of POPE exactly characterises him . The pensive Cowley's moral lay . - Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his discourse concerning Cromwell ; his essays on liberty , on obscurity , on ...
... against Dryden . † Another line likewise of POPE exactly characterises him . The pensive Cowley's moral lay . - Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his discourse concerning Cromwell ; his essays on liberty , on obscurity , on ...
Page 90
... against each other , and which diminish and destroy the social affections . Our emula- tion , says one of the best - natured philo- sophers , our jealousy or envy , should be reftrained in a great measure , by a constant resolution of ...
... against each other , and which diminish and destroy the social affections . Our emula- tion , says one of the best - natured philo- sophers , our jealousy or envy , should be reftrained in a great measure , by a constant resolution of ...
Page 107
... against Christianity , and that too urged by one of the ablest adverfaries to our holy religion , M. Bayle ; who asserts , in his Thoughts on the Comet , that a society of men practising the rules of Christianity , in their full rigour ...
... against Christianity , and that too urged by one of the ablest adverfaries to our holy religion , M. Bayle ; who asserts , in his Thoughts on the Comet , that a society of men practising the rules of Christianity , in their full rigour ...
Page 115
... against Nature's chime , and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord , whose love their motion sway'd In perfect diapason , whilst they stood In firit obedience , and their state of good * . -- A ...
... against Nature's chime , and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord , whose love their motion sway'd In perfect diapason , whilst they stood In firit obedience , and their state of good * . -- A ...
Page 123
... against that famous charge which atheists in all ages have brought . the supposed unequal dispensations of Providence ; a charge which I cannot heartily forgive your divines for admitting . You admit it indeed for an extreme good ...
... against that famous charge which atheists in all ages have brought . the supposed unequal dispensations of Providence ; a charge which I cannot heartily forgive your divines for admitting . You admit it indeed for an extreme good ...
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