Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... chose verse , and even rhyme , for two reafons . The one will ap- pear obvious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at first , and are more easily retained by him afterwards : The a 2.
... chose verse , and even rhyme , for two reafons . The one will ap- pear obvious ; that principles , maxims , or precepts fo written , both ftrike the reader more ftrongly at first , and are more easily retained by him afterwards : The a 2.
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... principle , That of all poffible fyftems , infinite wisdom has formed the best , is , that whatever is wrong in our private system , is right as rela- tive to the whole : Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right ...
... principle , That of all poffible fyftems , infinite wisdom has formed the best , is , that whatever is wrong in our private system , is right as rela- tive to the whole : Refpecting Man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right ...
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... 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 purpose , are highly poetical , at the fame time that they add a grace to ...
... 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 purpose , are highly poetical , at the fame time that they add a grace to ...
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... principles ; and fuch a thing might well be , because the Spinozifts , in order to hide the impiety of their principle , are used to ex- prefs the Omniprefence of God in terms that any religi- ous Theift might employ . In this cafe , I ...
... principles ; and fuch a thing might well be , because the Spinozifts , in order to hide the impiety of their principle , are used to ex- prefs the Omniprefence of God in terms that any religi- ous Theift might employ . In this cafe , I ...
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... principle , of whatever is , is right , did not fhew him his mistake : For could any one in his fenfes employ a propofition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfur- dities immediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion ...
... principle , of whatever is , is right , did not fhew him his mistake : For could any one in his fenfes employ a propofition in a meaning from whence fuch evident abfur- dities immediately arife ? I have obferved , that this conclufion ...
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Page 82 - Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.