For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administer'd is best : For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right... An essay on man. Cornish ed - Page 71by Alexander Pope - 1798Full view - About this book
| Hannah Adams - Religions - 1805 - 558 pages
...future happiness. Such appears to have been the design of those well-known lines of POPE : " For motifs of faith let graceless zealots fight : His can't be wrong whose life is in the right." And to the same purpose we have often been told in prose, that we shall not be judged at... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...reft, And, in proportion as it blefles, bleft ; 300 Draw to one point, and to one centre bring Beaft, Man, or Angel, Servant, Lord, or King. For Forms of Government let fools conteft ; Whate'er is bed adminifter'd is beft : For COMMENTARY. VER. 303. for Forms of Government... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...reft, And, in proportion as it blefles, bleft ; 300 Draw to one point, and to one centre bring Beaft, Man, or Angel, Servant, Lord, or King. For Forms of Government let fools conteft ; Whate'er is beft adminifter'd is beft : For COMMENTARY. VER. 303. For Forms of Government... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...And, in proportion as it hlesses, hlest; ' 309 Draw to one point, and, to one centre hring, Beast, man, or angel, servant, lord, or king For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is hest administer'd is hest : s 2 For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; 905 His can't ho wrong... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...the rest, And, in proportion as it hlesses, hlest ; Draw to one point, and to one centre hring Beast, man, or angel, servant, lord, or king. For forms of government let fools contest : Whate'er is hest administer' d is hest : For modes of faith let graceless aealots fight ; His can't he wrong whose... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 pages
...is in fact the bigot, and will be avoided by all prudent men. Hic niger est, hune tu Romane caveto For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right. RETROSPECTIVE NOTICE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. ARTICLE S. MT Cicero'j Cato Major, or lu Discourse... | |
| 1808 - 408 pages
...rest, And, in proportion as it blesses, blest ; Draw to one point, und to one cei.trc bring Beast, man, or angel, servant, lord, or king. For forms of government let fools content ; WlnUe'er is liest administered is best : For mode» of fuilh let graceless zealots fight... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...Beast, man, or angel, seivant, lord, or king. For forms of government let fools contest : Wbate'er is best administer'd is best : For modes of faith let graceless zealots right ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But... | |
| John Satchel - Christian life - 1809 - 480 pages
...what a man believed, but that practice was every thing. and would often quote those lines of Pope, For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ; .His can't be wrong, whose life is in the right Of all the productions of the press, none pleased Mr. Barnwell better than the drama. Here,... | |
| Joseph Milner - CHR 1809 - 1809 - 518 pages
...lines of a poet, great indeed as a poet, but very ill informed in religion, are constantly quoted : For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. Those to whom these lines appear full of oracular wisdom, may call Irenaeusa graceless zealot... | |
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