An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to Henry St. John, Lord BolingbrokeDorr, Howland; Charles A. Mirick, printer, 1839 - 48 Seiten |
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... e'en at life's expense ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike , find reason on their side . Th ' eternal art , educing good from ill , 165 170 175 Grafts on this passion ...
... e'en at life's expense ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike , find reason on their side . Th ' eternal art , educing good from ill , 165 170 175 Grafts on this passion ...
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... E'en av'rice , prudence ; sloth , philosophy : Lust , thro ' certain strainers well refin'd , Is gentle love , and charms all womankind : Envy , to which th ' ignoble mind's a slave , Is emulation , in the learn'd or brave : Nor virtue ...
... E'en av'rice , prudence ; sloth , philosophy : Lust , thro ' certain strainers well refin'd , Is gentle love , and charms all womankind : Envy , to which th ' ignoble mind's a slave , Is emulation , in the learn'd or brave : Nor virtue ...
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... E'en those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage , or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . 220 225 230 Virtuous and vicious every man must be , Few in th ...
... E'en those who dwell beneath its very zone , Or never feel the rage , or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . 220 225 230 Virtuous and vicious every man must be , Few in th ...
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... E'en mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; ' Tis this , though MAN'S A FOOL , yet GOD IS WISE . EPISTLE III . 294. Of. the. Nature. and.
... E'en mean self - love becomes , by force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; ' Tis this , though MAN'S A FOOL , yet GOD IS WISE . EPISTLE III . 294. Of. the. Nature. and.
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... E'en kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursu'd , And found the private in the public good . " Twas then the studious head or gen'rous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human kind , Poet or ...
... E'en kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursu'd , And found the private in the public good . " Twas then the studious head or gen'rous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human kind , Poet or ...
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