An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 61
... moral and na- tural , are also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the feeming defects and blemishes in the universe , confpire to its general beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture ...
... moral and na- tural , are also neceffary and unavoidable ; That the feeming defects and blemishes in the universe , confpire to its general beauty ; That as all parts in an animal are not eyes , and as in a city , comedy , or picture ...
Page 91
... moral good in the world , and teaches us to make due allowances for mens follies and vices . 31 . What crops of wit , and honefty appear , From fpleen , from obftinacy , hate or fear † ? Au Cid perfecuté Cinna doit sa naiffance , Et ...
... moral good in the world , and teaches us to make due allowances for mens follies and vices . 31 . What crops of wit , and honefty appear , From fpleen , from obftinacy , hate or fear † ? Au Cid perfecuté Cinna doit sa naiffance , Et ...
Page 114
... moral ill ? - There deviates Nature , and here wanders Will ‡ . POPE here accounts for the introduction of moral evil from the abuse of man's free will . This is the folid and fcriptural fo- lution of that grand and difficult question ...
... moral ill ? - There deviates Nature , and here wanders Will ‡ . POPE here accounts for the introduction of moral evil from the abuse of man's free will . This is the folid and fcriptural fo- lution of that grand and difficult question ...
Page 117
... moral , or adorn a tale * . Two fucceeding paffages , in this fourth epiftle , the first , at line 237 , on the emp- tinefs of Fame ; the fecond , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend fuperior parts and talents , are replete ...
... moral , or adorn a tale * . Two fucceeding paffages , in this fourth epiftle , the first , at line 237 , on the emp- tinefs of Fame ; the fecond , at line 259 , on the inconveniences that attend fuperior parts and talents , are replete ...
Page 122
... moral evil ; that the paffions and the crimes of the most abandoned men are confined , directed , and governed by infinite wifdom , in fuch a manner , as to make order emerge out of confufion , light out of darkness , and to call out ...
... moral evil ; that the paffions and the crimes of the most abandoned men are confined , directed , and governed by infinite wifdom , in fuch a manner , as to make order emerge out of confufion , light out of darkness , and to call out ...
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