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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... powers of all ? Nature to these , without profusion kind , The proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; 180 Each seeming want compensated of course , Here , with ESSAY ON MAN . 9 Then nature deviates; and can man do less? ...
... powers of all ? Nature to these , without profusion kind , The proper organs , proper pow'rs assign'd ; 180 Each seeming want compensated of course , Here , with ESSAY ON MAN . 9 Then nature deviates; and can man do less? ...
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... assign'd Its only thinking thing , this turn of mind . IL Whether with reason , or with instinct blest , Know , all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best ; 70 75 80 To bliss alike by that direction tend , And find 26 ESSAY ON MAN .
... assign'd Its only thinking thing , this turn of mind . IL Whether with reason , or with instinct blest , Know , all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best ; 70 75 80 To bliss alike by that direction tend , And find 26 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... assign'd , As toys and empires for a godlike mind . Rewards , that either would to virtue bring Nojoy , or be destructive of the thing . How oft by these at sixty are undone The virtues of a saint at twenty - one ! To whom can riches ...
... assign'd , As toys and empires for a godlike mind . Rewards , that either would to virtue bring Nojoy , or be destructive of the thing . How oft by these at sixty are undone The virtues of a saint at twenty - one ! To whom can riches ...
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act the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels assign'd beast began behold blessing blest blind bliss blood breath Cataline chain cobbler creature crown'd death destroy'd diff'rent E'en earth ease EPISTLE equal eternal ev'ry faith fall fame father fear feel fix'd flow'ry folly fool form'd gain giv'n gives glory God's gods gradation grows happiness heaven HENRY ST hero hope human hurl'd imperfect indolent instinct kings Learn learn'd lives lord man's mankind mind mix'd monarch mortal mourn nature nature's nature's law never o'er pain passion peace perfect plac'd Pleas'd pleasure pow'rs pride principle proud reas'ning rest rill rise self-love and social sense sev'ral shade sire skies slaves sphere taught tempest thee thine things thinks thou Thro thy reason toil true tyrant unknown vice or virtue virtue's weak Whate'er whole wise