An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Smith, 1824 - 72 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 11
Seite 7
... creatures hides the book of fate , All but the page prescribed , their present state ; From brutes what men , from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer being here below ? 80 63. Oxen were offered in sacrifice by most of the an ...
... creatures hides the book of fate , All but the page prescribed , their present state ; From brutes what men , from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer being here below ? 80 63. Oxen were offered in sacrifice by most of the an ...
Seite 9
... creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet say , if man's unhappy , God's unjust ; If man alone engross not heaven's high care , Alone made perfect here , immortal there ; Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod , Rejudge his justice ...
... creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet say , if man's unhappy , God's unjust ; If man alone engross not heaven's high care , Alone made perfect here , immortal there ; Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod , Rejudge his justice ...
Seite 12
... creatures , if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature to these without profusion , kind , The proper organs , proper powers assigned ; Each seeming want compensated of course ; Here with degrees of swiftness ...
... creatures , if he call , Say what their use , had he the powers of all ? Nature to these without profusion , kind , The proper organs , proper powers assigned ; Each seeming want compensated of course ; Here with degrees of swiftness ...
Seite 19
... creature ! mount where science guides , 21 Go , measure earth , weigh air , and state the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run , Correct old time , and regulate the sun ; Go , soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere , To the ...
... creature ! mount where science guides , 21 Go , measure earth , weigh air , and state the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run , Correct old time , and regulate the sun ; Go , soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere , To the ...
Seite 28
... creature owns it in the first degree , But thinks his neighbor further gone than he : Ev'n those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage , or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard ...
... creature owns it in the first degree , But thinks his neighbor further gone than he : Ev'n those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage , or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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