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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... means be fair , List under reason , and deserve her care : Those that , imparted , court a nobler aim , 55 95 Exalt their kind , and take some virtue's name . In lazy apathy let Stoics boast 100 Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a ...
... means be fair , List under reason , and deserve her care : Those that , imparted , court a nobler aim , 55 95 Exalt their kind , and take some virtue's name . In lazy apathy let Stoics boast 100 Their virtue fix'd ; ' tis fix'd as in a ...
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... 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 . 280 285 290 294 Of the ...
... 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 . 280 285 290 294 Of the ...
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... means proportion'd to their end . Say , where full instinct is th ' unerring guide , What pope or council can they need beside ? Reason , however able , cool at best , Cares not for service , or but serves when prest , Stays , till we ...
... means proportion'd to their end . Say , where full instinct is th ' unerring guide , What pope or council can they need beside ? Reason , however able , cool at best , Cares not for service , or but serves when prest , Stays , till we ...
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... near 200 Grew by like means , and join'd thro ' love or fear . Did here the trees with ruddier burdens bend , And there the streams in purer rills descend ? What war could ravish , commerce could bestow , And 30 ESSAY ON MAN .
... near 200 Grew by like means , and join'd thro ' love or fear . Did here the trees with ruddier burdens bend , And there the streams in purer rills descend ? What war could ravish , commerce could bestow , And 30 ESSAY ON MAN .
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... means , or right ? Of vice or virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion , first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , ' Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains ; And grant the bad ...
... means , or right ? Of vice or virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion , first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous vice attains , ' Tis but what virtue flies from and disdains ; And grant the bad ...
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