The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volumen 3A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... COMMENTARY . 5 THE Opening of this poem , [ in fifteen lines ] is taken up in giving an account of the Subject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical En- quiry into his Nature and End , his Paffions ...
... COMMENTARY . 5 THE Opening of this poem , [ in fifteen lines ] is taken up in giving an account of the Subject ; which , agreeably to the title , is an ESSAY on MAN , or a Philofophical En- quiry into his Nature and End , his Paffions ...
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... COMMENTARY . 20 is cry , if Man's unhappy , God's unjust ( 118. ) or fuch as fall into the notion , that Vice and Virtue there is none at all ( Ep . ii . 212. ) This occafions the poet to divide his vin- dication of the ways of God ...
... COMMENTARY . 20 is cry , if Man's unhappy , God's unjust ( 118. ) or fuch as fall into the notion , that Vice and Virtue there is none at all ( Ep . ii . 212. ) This occafions the poet to divide his vin- dication of the ways of God ...
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... COMMENTARY . 30 nal Power and God - head : And why ? because we can rea- fon only from what we know ; and as we know no more of Man than what we see of his ftation here ; so we know no more of God than what we fee of his difpenfations ...
... COMMENTARY . 30 nal Power and God - head : And why ? because we can rea- fon only from what we know ; and as we know no more of Man than what we see of his ftation here ; so we know no more of God than what we fee of his difpenfations ...
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... COMMENTARY . 45 50 VER . 43. Of fyftems poffible , & c . ] So far the Poet's modeft and fober Introduction ; in which he truly observes , that no wisdom lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we ...
... COMMENTARY . 45 50 VER . 43. Of fyftems poffible , & c . ] So far the Poet's modeft and fober Introduction ; in which he truly observes , that no wisdom lefs than omniscient " Can tell why Heav'n has made us as we are . Yet , though we ...
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... COMMENTARY . And aing thus , the appearance of wrong in the partial fyftem may be right in the univerfal , For " " Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . That it must , the whole body of this epifle is employed to illuftrate and ...
... COMMENTARY . And aing thus , the appearance of wrong in the partial fyftem may be right in the univerfal , For " " Tis but a part we fee , and not a whole . That it must , the whole body of this epifle is employed to illuftrate and ...
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