 ... but content myself to be governed by the dictates of nature, and am, therefore, in no danger of becoming atheistical, superstitious, or sceptical, I should have no difficulty which to choose, if the option was proposed to me, to exist after death,...  The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke - Page 376by Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Metaphysics - 1777 - 392 pages
...or fceptical, I fhould have no difficulty which to chufe, if the option was propofed to me, to exift after death, or to die whole, as it has been called. Be there two worlds, or be there tventy, the fame God is the God of all, and wherever we are, we are equally in his power. Far from... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...almighty and allwife Crea" tor." And in Fragm. 67. " Be there two worlds, or " be there twenty, the fame God is the God of all ; and, " wherever we are, we are equally in his power." The verfes, that follow thefe, to the conclufion of the poem, are, no lefs than thefe, for fentiment... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 384 pages
...learned Bifhop Berkeley. VER. 287. Safe in the hand] " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty, the fame God is the God of all ; and wherever we are, we are...equally in his power. Far from fearing my Creator, that all-perfeft Being whom I adore, I mould fear to be no longer his creature." Bolingbroke. Si lie omnia... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...WARBURTON. NOTES. VER. 287. Safe in the hand~\ " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty, the fame God is the God of all ; and wherever we are, we are...my Creator, that all-perfect Being whom I adore, I faould fear to be no longer his creature." Bolingbroke. Si fie omnia dixiflet ! WARTOV. VER. 289. All... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...WARBUR.TON. NOTE S. VER. 287. Safe in the hand] " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty, the fame God is the God of all ; and wherever we are, we are...from fearing my Creator, that all-perfect Being whom J adore, I mould fear to be no longer his creature." Bolingbroke. Si fie omnia dixhTet ! WARTON. VER.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...Discord, Harmony not understood ; All partial Evil, universal Good : Ver. 287. Safe in the hand] " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty, the same...adore, I should fear to be no longer his creature." Bolingbroke. Si sic omnia dixisset! Ver. 289. All Nature is but Art,] Cudworth observes, upon Lucretius's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...Discord, Harmony not understood ; All partial Evil, universal Good : NOTES. Ver. 287. Safe in the hand] " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty, the same...equally in his power. Far from fearing my Creator, that all -perfect Being whom I adore, I should fear to be no longer his creature." Bolingbroke. Si sic omnia... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...Discord, Harmony not understood ; All partial Evil, universal Good : VOTES. Ver. 287. Safe in the kand] " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty ยป the. same...are, we are equally in his power. Far from fearing my CreatQr>, that all -perfect Being whom I adore, I should fear to be no longer his creature." Bolingbroke.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...once granted, all complaints against Providence are at an end. NOTES. Ver. 287. Safe in the hand] " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty, the same...adore, I should fear to be no longer his creature." BOLINGBROKE. Si sic omnia dixisset ! Warton. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee ; All Chance, Direction,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...once granted, all complaints against Providence are at an end. NOTES. Ver. 287. Safe in the hand] " Be there two worlds, or be there twenty, the same...adore, I should fear to be no longer his creature." BOLINGBROKE. Si sic omnia dixisset ! Warton. All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee ; All Chance, Direction,... | |
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