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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose (3)
The Works of Alexander Pope Esq in Verse and Prose - 3 Author:Alexander Pope Subtitle: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers ... and Others; to Which Are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, With Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author Volume: 3 General Books publication da... more »te: 2009 Original publication date: 1806 Original Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington ... [and 25 others] Subjects: Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ARGUMENT OF EPISTLE IV. Of the Nature and State of Man, with refpeft to Happinefs. I. FALSE Notions of Happinefs, Philofophical and Popular, anfweredfrom Ver. 19 to 27. II. It is the End of all Men, and attainable by all, Ver. 30. God intends Happinefs to be equal; and tabefo, it mufl be (ociz, ftnce all particular Happinefs depends on general, andftnce he governs by general, not particular Laws, Ver. 37. As it is necejjary for Order, and the peace and -welfare of Society, that external goods jbould be unequal, Happinefs is not made t conftft in thefe, Ver. 51. But, notwithjlanding that inequality, the balance of Happinefs among Mankind is kept even by Providence, by the two Paffions of Hope and Fear, Ver. 70. III. What the Happinefs of Individuals is, as far as is conjtflent with the conftitution of this -world; and that the good Man has here the advantage, Ver. 77. The error of imputing to Virtue what are only the calamities of Nature, or of Fortune, Ver. 94. IV. The folly of expeSing that Godjhould al...« less