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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... 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 the task or pains , The great ...
... 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 the task or pains , The great ...
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... heads to imitate the sun . Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule ; Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And ...
... heads to imitate the sun . Go , teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule ; Then drop into thyself , and be a fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape , And ...
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... heart , or fills the head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread , Imagination plies her dangerous art , And pours it all upon the peccant part . 130 135 140 ESSAY ON MAN . Nature its mother , habit is 18 ESSAY ON MAN .
... heart , or fills the head , As the mind opens , and its functions spread , Imagination plies her dangerous art , And pours it all upon the peccant part . 130 135 140 ESSAY ON MAN . Nature its mother , habit is 18 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... head or gen'rous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human kind , Poet or patriot , rose but to restore 285 The faith that moral Nature gave before ; Relum'd her ancient light , not kindled new ; If not God's image , yet his shadow ...
... head or gen'rous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human kind , Poet or patriot , rose but to restore 285 The faith that moral Nature gave before ; Relum'd her ancient light , not kindled new ; If not God's image , yet his shadow ...
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... heads conceive ; Obvious her goods , in no extreme they dwell ; There needs but thinking right and meaning well ; And , mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common sense , and common ease . Remember , man , " the Universal ...
... heads conceive ; Obvious her goods , in no extreme they dwell ; There needs but thinking right and meaning well ; And , mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common sense , and common ease . Remember , man , " the Universal ...
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