An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles, to H. St. John, Lord BolingbrokeClark, Austin & Smith, 1824 - 72 Seiten |
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... meaning of the poet is altogether misappre- hended , and an improper construction given to his lan- guage . With a view to the correction of this evil , the present edition . with explanatory notes , is prepared ; and should it be found ...
... meaning of the poet is altogether misappre- hended , and an improper construction given to his lan- guage . With a view to the correction of this evil , the present edition . with explanatory notes , is prepared ; and should it be found ...
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... reason , but from what we know ? Of man , what see we but his station here , 10 16 20 From which to reason , or to which refer ? Through worlds unnumber'd though the God be known , " Tis ours to trace him only in our own . can little ...
... reason , but from what we know ? Of man , what see we but his station here , 10 16 20 From which to reason , or to which refer ? Through worlds unnumber'd though the God be known , " Tis ours to trace him only in our own . can little ...
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... the reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why formed no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks were made Taller or ...
... the reason wouldst thou find , Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ? First , if thou canst , the harder reason guess , Why formed no weaker , blinder , and no less ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks were made Taller or ...
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... purpose gain ; In God's , one single can its end produce , Yet serves to second too some other use . So man , who here seems principal alone , Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , Touches some wheel , or verges to some goal ...
... purpose gain ; In God's , one single can its end produce , Yet serves to second too some other use . So man , who here seems principal alone , Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown , Touches some wheel , or verges to some goal ...
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... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly given , That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven Who sees ...
... reason , would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last , he crops the flowery food , And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly given , That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven Who sees ...
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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