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 characterifes 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 characterifes 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 destroy the focial affections . Our emula- tion , says one of the best - natured philo- fophers , our jealoufy or envy , should be reftrained in a great measure , by a conftant refolution of ...
... against each other , and which diminish and destroy the focial affections . Our emula- tion , says one of the best - natured philo- fophers , our jealoufy or envy , should be reftrained in a great measure , by a conftant refolution of ...
Page 107
... against Christianity , and that too urged by one of the ablest adverfaries to our holy religion , M. Bayle ; who afferts , 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 afferts , 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 mufic that all creatures made To their great Lord , whofe love their motion fway'd In perfect diapafon , whilft they ftood In firit obedience , and their state of good * . A ...
... against Nature's chime , and with harsh din Broke the fair mufic that all creatures made To their great Lord , whofe love their motion fway'd In perfect diapafon , whilft they ftood In firit obedience , and their state of good * . A ...
Page 123
... against that famous charge which atheifts in all ages have brought , the supposed 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 atheifts in all ages have brought , the supposed 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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