An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 43
... against Dryden , + Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterises him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay.Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his difcourfe concerning Cromwell ; his effays on liberty , on obfcurity , on ...
... against Dryden , + Another line likewife of POPE exactly characterises him . The penfive Cowley's moral lay.Vol . VI . p . 37 . His general preface ; his difcourfe concerning Cromwell ; his effays on liberty , on obfcurity , on ...
Page 90
... against each other , and which diminish and deftroy the focial affections . Our emulation , fays one of the best - natured philofophers , our jealoufy or envy , fhould be reftrained in a great measure , by a conftant refolution of ...
... against each other , and which diminish and deftroy the focial affections . Our emulation , fays one of the best - natured philofophers , our jealoufy or envy , fhould be reftrained in a great measure , by a conftant refolution of ...
Page 107
... against Christianity , and that too urged by one of the ablest adversaries to our holy religion , M. Bayle ; who afferts , in his Thoughts on the Comet , that a fociety of men practising the rules of Christianity , in their full rigour ...
... against Christianity , and that too urged by one of the ablest adversaries to our holy religion , M. Bayle ; who afferts , in his Thoughts on the Comet , that a fociety of men practising the rules of Christianity , in their full rigour ...
Page 115
... against Nature's chime , and with harfh din Broke the fair mufic that all creatures made To their great Lord , whofe love their motion sway'd In perfect diapafon , whilst they stood In firit obedience , and their state of good * . A ...
... against Nature's chime , and with harfh din Broke the fair mufic that all creatures made To their great Lord , whofe love their motion sway'd In perfect diapafon , 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 fuppofed unequal difpenfations 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 fuppofed unequal difpenfations 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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