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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... hand he demands the perfections of the angels , on the other the bodily qualifications of the brutes , 173. That to possess any of the sensitive faculties in a higher degree , would render him miserable , 179-206 . That throughout the ...
... hand he demands the perfections of the angels , on the other the bodily qualifications of the brutes , 173. That to possess any of the sensitive faculties in a higher degree , would render him miserable , 179-206 . That throughout the ...
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... hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n , That each may fill the circle mark'd by heav'n , 85 Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms 6 ESSAY ON MAN . So ...
... hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv'n , That each may fill the circle mark'd by heav'n , 85 Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms 6 ESSAY ON MAN . So ...
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... hand the balance and the rod , Rejudge his justice , be the God of God ! In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit the sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be angels ...
... hand the balance and the rod , Rejudge his justice , be the God of God ! In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit the sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , Men would be angels ...
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... hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms , Pours fierce ambition on a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for ...
... hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms , Pours fierce ambition on a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for ...
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... hand to toil , aspir'd to be the head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear , repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd , for any part to claim To be another , in this gen'ral frame : Just as absurd , to mourn ...
... hand to toil , aspir'd to be the head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear , repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd , for any part to claim To be another , in this gen'ral frame : Just as absurd , to mourn ...
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act the soul ALEXANDER POPE alike angels assign'd beast began behold blessing blest blind bliss blood breath Cæsar Cataline chain cobbler creature crown'd death destroy'd diff'rence E'en earth ease EPISTLE equal eternal ev'ry faith fall fame father fear feel fix'd folly fool form'd gain giv'n gives glory God's gods gradation 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 nat❜ral 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