An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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Page 50
... turning afterwards to his com- panions , he added , " These fcoundrels think we are seeking the Lord , and we are only looking for our bottle - screw . ” judicious judicious M. de Montefquieu , who in his noble chapter 50 ESSAY ON THE ...
... turning afterwards to his com- panions , he added , " These fcoundrels think we are seeking the Lord , and we are only looking for our bottle - screw . ” judicious judicious M. de Montefquieu , who in his noble chapter 50 ESSAY ON THE ...
Page 62
... turns that can be given to thofe paffages , to place them on the fide of religion , and make them coincide with the fundamental doctrines of revelation . 1. Awake , my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition , and the pride ...
... turns that can be given to thofe paffages , to place them on the fide of religion , and make them coincide with the fundamental doctrines of revelation . 1. Awake , my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition , and the pride ...
Page 97
... turns we catch the vital breath and die ) Like bubbles on the fea of matter born , They rife , they break , and to ... turn fubmits to other natures , and refigns his form a facrifice in common to the rest of things . And if in natures ...
... turns we catch the vital breath and die ) Like bubbles on the fea of matter born , They rife , they break , and to ... turn fubmits to other natures , and refigns his form a facrifice in common to the rest of things . And if in natures ...
Page 113
... turn them to our ad- vantage ; I anfwer , that the filence of the paffions , and the tranquillity and ease of the mind , depend upon a thousand things that are not under our jurifdiction . The ftomach , the spleen , the lymphatic ...
... turn them to our ad- vantage ; I anfwer , that the filence of the paffions , and the tranquillity and ease of the mind , depend upon a thousand things that are not under our jurifdiction . The ftomach , the spleen , the lymphatic ...
Page 135
... turn with climes , Tenets with books , and principles with times t . We find here in the compafs of eight lines , an anatomy of human nature ; more fenfe and obfervation cannot well be com- preffed and concluded in a narrower space ...
... turn with climes , Tenets with books , and principles with times t . We find here in the compafs of eight lines , an anatomy of human nature ; more fenfe and obfervation cannot well be com- preffed and concluded in a narrower space ...
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