The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen 24Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... pains he has taken , to vindicate the honour of Epicurus , and clear his character from the imputation of irreligion ... pain and death . are what he chiefly abhors : and therefore Epicurus , who , if Cicero and Plutarch knew his opinion ...
... pains he has taken , to vindicate the honour of Epicurus , and clear his character from the imputation of irreligion ... pain and death . are what he chiefly abhors : and therefore Epicurus , who , if Cicero and Plutarch knew his opinion ...
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... pains , and fhow a warm zeal , to weaken the belief of the Chriftian religion , and to expofe the pretended errors of its different profeffors ; which feems , indeed , strange , fince he that owns a God and his providence fhould in ...
... pains , and fhow a warm zeal , to weaken the belief of the Chriftian religion , and to expofe the pretended errors of its different profeffors ; which feems , indeed , strange , fince he that owns a God and his providence fhould in ...
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... pains to inform their eldeft fons , that they owe them no gratitude or obedience ? that they may ufe an uncontroled freedom in indulging all their appetites , paffions , and inclinations that , if they are willing to pollefs their ...
... pains to inform their eldeft fons , that they owe them no gratitude or obedience ? that they may ufe an uncontroled freedom in indulging all their appetites , paffions , and inclinations that , if they are willing to pollefs their ...
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... painful way ; Celeftial Dove ! divine affiftance bring , Suftain me on thy ftrong extended wing , That I may reach th ' Almighty's facred throne , 10 15 Lknown . And make his caufeless power , the caufe of all things , Thou doft the ...
... painful way ; Celeftial Dove ! divine affiftance bring , Suftain me on thy ftrong extended wing , That I may reach th ' Almighty's facred throne , 10 15 Lknown . And make his caufeless power , the caufe of all things , Thou doft the ...
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... pain ? Or how the dark impulfive power explain ? The Atomifts , who skill mechanic teach , Who boast their clearer fight , and deeper reach , Affert their atoms took that happy feat , Determin'd thither by their inbred weight ; 100 105 ...
... pain ? Or how the dark impulfive power explain ? The Atomifts , who skill mechanic teach , Who boast their clearer fight , and deeper reach , Affert their atoms took that happy feat , Determin'd thither by their inbred weight ; 100 105 ...
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Página 108 - Does not the river from the mountain flow, And bring down riches to the vale below? See how the torrent rolls the golden sand From the high ridges to the flatter land. The lofty lines abound with endless store Of mineral treasure, and metallic ore; With precious veins of silver, copper, tin, Without how barren, yet how rich within!
Página 90 - See, how some noble river's swelling tide, Augmented by the mountains' melting snows, Breaks from its banks, and o'er the region flows ! Hence fruitful crops and flowery wealth ensue, And to the swain such mighty gains accrue, He ne'er reproaches Heaven for want of dew. See, and revere, th...
Página 204 - Thee her Author, and ador'd Thy throne ; Able to know, admire, enjoy her GOD, She did her high felicity applaud. Since Thou didst all the spacious worlds display, Homage to Thee let all obedient pay.
Página 112 - tis not, mortal man, a transient life, like thine> Others, to whom the whole mechanic tribe With an harmonious sympathy subscribe, Nature with empire universal crown, And this high queen the world's creator own. If you, what builder rear'd the world demand, They say 'twas done by nature's powerful hand. If whence its order and its beauty rose, Nature, they say, did so the frame dispose.
Página 69 - His course diurnal and his annual run; How in his glorious race he moves along, -Gay as a bridegroom, as a giant strong, How his unvary'd labour he repeats, Returns at morning, and at eve retreats; And by the distribution of his light, Now gives to man the day, and now the night: Night, when the drowsy swain and...
Página 145 - Wild and unpeopled, or by man or beast. Who will our orb's unequal face explain, Which Epicurus made all smooth and plain ? How did thy rocks, O earth! thy hills, arise? How did thy giant sons invade the skies ? Lucretius, ' that it happen'd thus,
Página 198 - Restrains, or sends his ministers abroad; Swift and obedient to his high command, They stir a finger, or they lift a hand; They tune our voices, or they move our eyes; By these we walk, or from the ground arise ; By these we turn, by these the body bend; Contract a limb at pleasure, or extend.
Página 39 - And in their motions still that end regard, Always the fitness of the means respect, These as conducive choose, and those reject Must by a judgment foreign and unknown Be guided to their end, or by their own ; For to...
Página 33 - Is it the transgression of any human law? Tell me what obligation he is under to obey any human law, if no divine law enforces such obedience?
Página 55 - Transfix the clouds, and tower amidst the skies ; The snowy fleeces, which their heads involve, Still stay in part, and still in part dissolve; Torrents and loud impetuous cataracts...