An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Smith, 1824 - 72 Seiten |
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... beast , each insect , happy in its own : 185 Is Heaven unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , Be pleas'd with nothing , if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) 173 ...
... beast , each insect , happy in its own : 185 Is Heaven unkind to man , and man alone ? Shall he alone , whom rational we call , Be pleas'd with nothing , if not bless'd with all ? The bliss of man ( could pride that blessing find ) 173 ...
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... Beast , bird , fish , insect , what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee , From thee to nothing . - On superior powers Were we to press , inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void , Where , one ...
... Beast , bird , fish , insect , what no eye can see , No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee , From thee to nothing . - On superior powers Were we to press , inferior might on ours ; Or in the full creation leave a void , Where , one ...
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... beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer , Born but to die , and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little , or too much : Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd , Still by ...
... beast ; In doubt his mind or body to prefer , Born but to die , and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little , or too much : Chaos of thought and passion , all confus'd , Still by ...
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... beast in aid of man , and man of beast ; All serv'd , all serving : nothing stands alone ; The chain holds on , and where it ends unknown . Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ...
... beast in aid of man , and man of beast ; All serv'd , all serving : nothing stands alone ; The chain holds on , and where it ends unknown . Has God , thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ...
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... beasts his pastures , and to fish his floods : For some , his interest prompts him to provide , For more his pleasure , yet for more his pride : All feed on one vain patron , and enjoy 50 55 61 Th ' extensive blessings of his luxury ...
... beasts his pastures , and to fish his floods : For some , his interest prompts him to provide , For more his pleasure , yet for more his pride : All feed on one vain patron , and enjoy 50 55 61 Th ' extensive blessings of his luxury ...
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act the soul agreeing alike ambition Ammon angels apposition beast blessing blest bliss breath Cæsar Catiline chain confest connected creature DANIEL CLARK Decius divine earth EPISTLE ethereal Ev'n false mirror fame fear fix'd fool Form'd gives gods govern happier happiness HARVARD COLLEGE Heaven hope human imitating God instinct joy or curse Julius Cæsar kings knave laws Learn learn'd live look lord LORD BOLINGBROKE man's mankind Marseilles means mind monarch nature's nature's law never note to line noun object pain participle passion planets Pleas'd pleasure poet prep preposition pride reign rise self-love and social sense SHAPLEIGH sire slave sphere stoics stuck o'er substantive phrase taught tence thee thing thou art thy reason toil touch truth Turenne tyrant understood verb virtue's virtuous weak Whate'er whole wise wrong