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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... kings . Let us ( since life can little more supply Than just to look about us , and to die ) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man , A mighty maze ! but not without a plan : A wild , where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot , Or ...
... kings . Let us ( since life can little more supply Than just to look about us , and to die ) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man , A mighty maze ! but not without a plan : A wild , where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot , Or ...
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... kings presumption , and to crowds belief . That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no int'rest , no ... king ; The starving chymist in his golden views Supremely blest , 22 ESSAY ON MAN .
... kings presumption , and to crowds belief . That , virtue's ends from vanity can raise , Which seeks no int'rest , no ... king ; The starving chymist in his golden views Supremely blest , 22 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... king unknown , Till common int'rest plac'd the sway in one . ' Twas VIRTUE ONLY , ( or in arts or arms , Diffusing blessings , or averting harms , ) The same which in a sire the sons obey'd , A prince the father of a people made . 220 ...
... king unknown , Till common int'rest plac'd the sway in one . ' Twas VIRTUE ONLY , ( or in arts or arms , Diffusing blessings , or averting harms , ) The same which in a sire the sons obey'd , A prince the father of a people made . 220 ...
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... kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursu'd , And found the private in the public good . 275 280 " Twas then the studious head or gen'rous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human kind , Poet ...
... kings learn'd justice and benevolence : Self - love forsook the path it first pursu'd , And found the private in the public good . 275 280 " Twas then the studious head or gen'rous mind , Follower of God , or friend of human kind , Poet ...
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... king . For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administer'd is best ; For modes of faith , let graceless zealots fight ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right . 305 In faith and hope the world will disagree ...
... king . For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administer'd is best ; For modes of faith , let graceless zealots fight ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right . 305 In faith and hope the world will disagree ...
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