Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... Dæmon Shame paints ftrong the ridicule , And whispers close , " the World will call you Fool . " Behold , yon Wretch , by impious fashion driv❜n , Believes and trembles while he fcoffs at Heav'n . By weakness strong , and bold thro ...
... Dæmon Shame paints ftrong the ridicule , And whispers close , " the World will call you Fool . " Behold , yon Wretch , by impious fashion driv❜n , Believes and trembles while he fcoffs at Heav'n . By weakness strong , and bold thro ...
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... Dæmon starts up from the toad . 140 O fordid maxim , form'd to fcreen the vile , That true good - nature still must wear a smile ! In frowns array'd her beauties stronger rise , When love of Virtue wakes her fcorn of Vice : Where ...
... Dæmon starts up from the toad . 140 O fordid maxim , form'd to fcreen the vile , That true good - nature still must wear a smile ! In frowns array'd her beauties stronger rise , When love of Virtue wakes her fcorn of Vice : Where ...
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... of Wealth by the Refinements of Luxury , he fhews , with admirable hu- mour , the ridicule of that project : And lo ! two Puddings Smoak'd upon the board . " Till all the Dæmon makes his full defcent In 256 EP . III . MORAL ESSAYS .
... of Wealth by the Refinements of Luxury , he fhews , with admirable hu- mour , the ridicule of that project : And lo ! two Puddings Smoak'd upon the board . " Till all the Dæmon makes his full defcent In 256 EP . III . MORAL ESSAYS .
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Alexander Pope. " Till all the Dæmon makes his full defcent In one abundant fhow'r of Cent per Cent , Sinks deep within him , and poffeffes whole , Then dubs Director , and fecures his foul . 375 375 Behold Sir Balaam , now a man of ...
Alexander Pope. " Till all the Dæmon makes his full defcent In one abundant fhow'r of Cent per Cent , Sinks deep within him , and poffeffes whole , Then dubs Director , and fecures his foul . 375 375 Behold Sir Balaam , now a man of ...
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... XV . Vol . III . facing p . 262 . N.Blakey inv . et del . Ravenet Sculp What brought S. " Visto's ill - got Wealth to waste ? Some Dæmon whisperd , Visto ! have a Taste . 5 Not for himself he fees , or hears , Ep : on Inste.
... XV . Vol . III . facing p . 262 . N.Blakey inv . et del . Ravenet Sculp What brought S. " Visto's ill - got Wealth to waste ? Some Dæmon whisperd , Visto ! have a Taste . 5 Not for himself he fees , or hears , Ep : on Inste.
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Página 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Página 109 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Página 28 - Planets and suns run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd, Being on being wreck'd, and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre nod, And Nature trembles to the throne- of God. All this dread order break — for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! —oh madness ! pride ! impiety ! IX.
Página 29 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Página 150 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Página 12 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 82 - Praise ye him sun and moon : praise him all ye stars of light. Praise him ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens ; let them praise the name of the Lord ; for he commanded, and they were created.
Página 67 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Página 40 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Página 27 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.