Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... poem , in fifteen lines , is taken up giving an account of the Subject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Enquiry into his Na- ture and End , his Paffions and Purfuits . The Exordium relates to ...
... poem , in fifteen lines , is taken up giving an account of the Subject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical Enquiry into his Na- ture and End , his Paffions and Purfuits . The Exordium relates to ...
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... poem , with great art ufes an advantage , which his employing a Platonic principle | 260 for the foundation of his Effay had afforded him ; and that is the expreffing himself ( as here ) in Platonic notions ; which , luckily for his ...
... poem , with great art ufes an advantage , which his employing a Platonic principle | 260 for the foundation of his Effay had afforded him ; and that is the expreffing himself ( as here ) in Platonic notions ; which , luckily for his ...
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... poems , one of the nobleft being the paf- fage in queftion . This feems to be the laft effort of the imagination , to poetical per- fection and in this com- pounded excellence the Wit receives a dignity from the Sublime , and the ...
... poems , one of the nobleft being the paf- fage in queftion . This feems to be the laft effort of the imagination , to poetical per- fection and in this com- pounded excellence the Wit receives a dignity from the Sublime , and the ...
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... poetic drefs of a fimilitude , to this purpose : Good is not only pro- duced by the fubdual of the Paffions , but by the turbulent exercise of them . A truth con- veyed under the moft fublime imagery that poetry could con- ceive or ...
... poetic drefs of a fimilitude , to this purpose : Good is not only pro- duced by the fubdual of the Paffions , but by the turbulent exercise of them . A truth con- veyed under the moft fublime imagery that poetry could con- ceive or ...
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... poets , who , when deftitute of a patron God , applied to the Mufe , and , if fhe was engaged , took up with any fimple Virtue next at hand , to infpire and profper their defigns . This was the ancient Invocation , which few modern poets ...
... poets , who , when deftitute of a patron God , applied to the Mufe , and , if fhe was engaged , took up with any fimple Virtue next at hand , to infpire and profper their defigns . This was the ancient Invocation , which few modern poets ...
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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.